Excerpt from Songs of the Borderland, and Other Verse It seems to-day That on the air great joy-bells ring A joyous, splendid welcoming; Across the fells I hear them play, By heather-bed, by mountain lake, By moorland dene the echoes wake, By Tyne and Tweed, by Solway's strand, And by the rugged North Sea shore Triumphantly the breakers roar Their wild, mad chant from bay to bay Hark! I can hear them now. Welcome to Love! I hear them say: For Love is come to Borderland, Over the seas to Borderland! Across the world to Borderland! Red roses on her brow. Roses deep red for passion true, Roses deep red for deathless love; And mirrors from high heaven above Into thine eyes that wondrous blue. Those wondrous azure eyes that shine Out of great depths of loyal heart. Full of Love's mystery thou art, Thou, mv Madonna all divine. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.