Songs, Ballads, and Other Poems by the late Thomas Haynes Bayly; Edited by his Widow. With A Memoir of the Author. In Two Volumes |
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OH! MAY WE HOPE THO' COLD AND DEAD.
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Oh! may we hope, tho' cold and deadHer form lies buried here,
Her spirit views the tears we shed
And nightly hovers near?
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No! if our love beyond the skiesSurvive death's icy kiss,
The mourner's tears are veiled from eyes
That look on perfect bliss.
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