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richard mitchley - scenes in london iii - the savoyard in grosvenor square كلمات أغنية

he stands within the silent square
that square of taste, of gloom;
a heavy weight is on the air
which hangs as o’er a tomb

it is a tomb which wealth and rank
have built themselves around—
the general sympathies have shrank
like flowers on high dry ground

none heed the wandering boy who sings
an orphan though so young;
none think how far the singer brings
the songs which he has sung

none cheer him with a kindly look
none with a kindly word;
the singer’s little pride must brook
to be unpraised, unheard

at home, their sweet bird he was styled
and oft, when days were long
his mother call’d her favourite child
to sing her favourite song

he wanders now through weary streets
till cheek and eye are dim;
how little sympathy he meets
for music or for him
sudden his dark brown cheek grows bright
his dark eyes fill with glee
cover’d with blossoms snowy_white
he sees an orange tree

no more the toil_worn face is pale
no faltering step is sad;
he sees his distant native vale
he sees it, and is glad

he sees the squirrel climb the pine
the doves fly through the dell
the purple cl_sters of the vine;
he hears the vesper bell

his heart is full of hope and home
toil, travel, are no more;
and he has happy hours to come
beside his father’s door

o charm of natural influence!
but for thy lovely ties
never might the world_wearied sense
above the present rise

bless’d be thy magic everywhere
o nature, gentle mother;
how kindlier is for us thy care
than ours is for each other

- richard mitchley

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