The Northland's heart was a heart of ice,
A diamond glacier, mountain high--
Oh, love is sweet at any price,
As well know you and I!
The Northland's heart was a heart of ice,
A diamond glacier, mountain high--
Oh, love is sweet at any price,
As well know you and I!
And when that other comes to you,
God grant her love may shine
Through all your life, as fair and true
As mamma's does through mine!
Yet of the love we bore those dreams
Gave each his tender sign;
For there was triumph in his eyes--
And there were tears in mine!
Sweetheart, take this, a soldier said,
And bid me brave good-by;
It may befall we ne'er shall wed,
But love can never die.
At any rate, since then
(With a precedent in Ben),
The women-folk have been in love with us bald-headed men!
A mighty cry of love made he--
No answering word to him gave she,
But looked, and then sunk back again
Into the dark and depthless sea.
© 2020 Inspirational Stories
© 2020 Inspirational Stories