And so plaintive and sad was the sweet bachelor
When he sang of the valley he came from afar,
That Malindy confessed, though she couldn’t tell why,
It affected her so that she almost could cry.
THE HAPPY HOLLOW DREAM
(By the “Oracle.”)
There’s an unfrequented valley
In the mountain of Somally,
Where the skies so lulling seem,
That they call the “Happy Hollow,”