A very sudden call by a very ugly customer.
SWEET SUNNY ISLE.
OR “MY BOYHOOD’S HOME.”
COMPOSED BY JOHN H. TAYLOR.—DEDICATED TO MISS ELIZABETH TAYLOR, BARBADOES, W. I.
Published by permission of LEE & WALKER, 188 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia,
Publishers and Importers of Music and Musical Instruments.
Sweet sunny Isle! my native land!
How dear thou art to me,
Were all the world at
my command,
I still would cling to thee.
My boyhood’s home could I forget?
Though I might be forgot;
For those I love are living yet,
In that dear cherish’d spot.
For those I love are living yet
In that dear cherish’d spot.
Sweet sunny Isle! though now a man,
Wherever I may roam,
My heart I know it never can
Forget my boyhood’s home.
One only hope one only care
Next that of Heaven above,
That I might once again be there—
Once more with those I love.
Those kindred hearts, those loving friends,
And all my boyish pets,
Would welcome me and make amends
For all long past regrets.
But ah! I fear ’twill never prove
Again my happy lot;
Then all I ask of those I love,
One thought—“Forget me not.”
Transcriber’s Notes:
Table of Contents has been added for reader convenience. Archaic spellings and hyphenation have been retained. Obvious typesetting and punctuation errors have been corrected without note. Other errors have been corrected as noted below. For illustrations, some caption text may be missing or incomplete due to condition of the originals available for preparation of the eBook.
page 364, children where the ==> children were the
page 372, and author’s were ==> and authors were
page 404, read in Saronis’ Musical ==> read in Saroni’s Musical
page 405, Rappresentatione del Animo e del ==> Rappresentatione di Anima e di
page 405, Cavaliere, of Rome, ==> Cavalieri, of Rome,
page 405, title “Dell Animo e del ==> title “Dell Anima e di
page 405, of Cavaliere. But it ==> of Cavalieri. But it
page 414, feet, are not ==> feet, they are not
page 440, those horrid Affgaun’s ==> those horrid Affgauns
[End of Graham’s Magazine, Vol. XL, No. 4, April 1852]
