 | The poetical works of Samuel Woodworth |  |
TO MISS MARY JANE Y---G,
OF GREENSBURGH, PA.
Our earth is but a verdant isle,
That floats on the ethereal tide,
Basking in Sol's life-giving smile,
It can not leave its parent's side;
Their tie is love—alas! the pain
Of separation, Mary Jane!
That floats on the ethereal tide,
Basking in Sol's life-giving smile,
It can not leave its parent's side;
Their tie is love—alas! the pain
Of separation, Mary Jane!
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And here I sometimes meet a form
That I have never seen before—
Some shipwrecked sylph, escaped the storm
That drove her on our sea-girt shore,
While crossing ether's trackless main,
From Eden's confines, Mary Jane.
That I have never seen before—
Some shipwrecked sylph, escaped the storm
That drove her on our sea-girt shore,
While crossing ether's trackless main,
From Eden's confines, Mary Jane.
I greet her as an angel, strayed
From the fair regions of the blessed,
And welcome the celestial maid,
Entreating her to be my guest.
If she consent—alas! the pain
Of parting with her, Mary Jane!
From the fair regions of the blessed,
And welcome the celestial maid,
Entreating her to be my guest.
If she consent—alas! the pain
Of parting with her, Mary Jane!
Thy form is such, and late thy smile—
That smile of witching innocence!—
Illumined my dwelling for awhile,
Till love and duty called thee hence.
My wife, a sister-sylph, in vain
Prayed thee to tarry, Mary Jane.
That smile of witching innocence!—
Illumined my dwelling for awhile,
Till love and duty called thee hence.
My wife, a sister-sylph, in vain
Prayed thee to tarry, Mary Jane.
It could not be! and thus 't is ever
Our fate, from those we love, to sever.
But, ah! such pangs are wisely given,
Lest we forget to seek for heaven;
For there, in realms unknown to pain,
We yet shall meet thee, Mary Jane.
Our fate, from those we love, to sever.
But, ah! such pangs are wisely given,
Lest we forget to seek for heaven;
For there, in realms unknown to pain,
We yet shall meet thee, Mary Jane.
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