BANISHED for ever!
From the scene of my birth,
For ever! for ever!
From all I loved dearest, and cherished on earth,
From the smile of my friends, and the home of their hearth,
To come again never!
Banished for ever!
From hope and from home,
For ever! for ever!
Away in the desert of distance to roam,
Like a ship tempest-tost on the wild sea-wave's foam,
To land again never!
Banished for ever!
When all have gone by,
For ever! for ever!
The gladness of earth, and the brightness of sky,
There's no fear but to live, and no hope but to die—
To feel again never!
Banished for ever!
'Tis madness to me,
For ever! for ever!
To think of the land I shall ne'er again see,
Of the days that have been, and the days that shall be—
That thought leaves me never!
Banished for ever!
Be this my adieu—
For ever! for ever!
Let me roam where I will, ne'er again shall I view,
Scenes so cherished and fair, friends so kind and so true;
Oh, never! oh, never!
Banished for ever!
Dear land of my birth,
We sever! we sever!
An exile from all I love dearest on earth,
From the smile of my friends, from the home of their hearth—
For ever! for ever!