Long ago I wished to leave The house where I was born; Long ago I used to grieve, My home seemed so forlorn. In other years, its silent rooms Were filled with haunting fears; Now, their very memory comes O'ercharged with tender tears.
Life and marriage I have known, Things once deemed so bright; Now, how utterly is flown Every ray of light! Mid the unknown sea of life I no blest isle have found; At last, throuth all its wild wave's strife, My bark is homeward bound.
Farewell, dark and rolling deep! Farewell, foreign shore! Open, in unclouded sweep, Thou glorious realm before! Yet, thouth I had safely pass'd That weary, vexed main, One loved voice, throuth surge and blast, Could call me back again.