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THE LAND OF JOY.
The inhabitants of this country (Zinge) are never afflicted with sadness or melancholy."
Notes To Lalla Rookh.
Notes To Lalla Rookh.
Bear me to that blest place!
That home of cheerful hearts and tearless eyes
Whereon no shadow lies,
And where no sorrow leaves its wonted trace.
This is a land of care!
Tears dim the eye, and cheeks are early pale:
Grief is on every gale;—
But that bright shore—have they no sorrow there?
Tears dim the eye, and cheeks are early pale:
Grief is on every gale;—
But that bright shore—have they no sorrow there?