Then the heavens may frown above me,

And I will not heed the storm!


'TIS GOLD! 'TIS GOLD!

BY JAMES L. ROCHE.

What is it worldlings bow before,

And thieves and murderers adore;

Corrupts the young, and damns the old

'Tis gold! 'tis gold!

'Tis not for me! my heart detests