THE IRISH EMIGRANT.

Look not for me at eventide,

I cannot come when work is done;

I go to wander far and wide,

For‘ tis not here that gold is won.

Perchance where'er I go, these hands

May find me what I need to live;

Whate'er they win, if house, or lands,

I'd yield for what they cannot give.

For who can turn away his face

From home and kin and be at rest?

What country e'er can take the place

That Ireland fills within my breast?

More kindly smile the distant skies,

They say, beyond yon angry sea;

I know not what they mean, mine eyes

Have never seen these frown on me.

To me these hills beside the wave

With every year have dearer grown;

Is it so great a thing to crave

To call my native land, mine own?

But why these useless plaints renew?

Farewell! That word, it seems a knell!

If still I'm dear, kind hearts, to you,

‘ Tis all I ask, Farewell, Farewell!