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TO MY FATHER,
ON HIS RETURN FROM BOCKING, MAY 29, 1808.
From those sad scenes, where hopeless woe
No transient gleam of comfort cheers;
Where, still in silent sorrow, flow
The widow's and the orphan's tears;
No transient gleam of comfort cheers;
Where, still in silent sorrow, flow
The widow's and the orphan's tears;
From those sad scenes, where every thought
Recals the friend you lov'd so well,
And struggling sighs, with anguish fraught,
Your pitying bosom frequent swell;
Recals the friend you lov'd so well,
And struggling sighs, with anguish fraught,
Your pitying bosom frequent swell;
From those sad scenes at length you turn,
And, pensive, seek your tranquil dome:
Then cease, my Father! cease to mourn,
And cheer again your pleasant home!
And, pensive, seek your tranquil dome:
Then cease, my Father! cease to mourn,
And cheer again your pleasant home!
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To greet you, summer smiles around,
The groves, the fields, the plains are gay;
Fair is each blossom on the ground,
Bright gleams the oak's majestic spray!
The groves, the fields, the plains are gay;
Fair is each blossom on the ground,
Bright gleams the oak's majestic spray!
For you each floweret, that you love,
And each fair shrub, luxuriant blooms,
The gay Laburnum decks the grove,
The woodbine the soft breeze perfumes.
And each fair shrub, luxuriant blooms,
The gay Laburnum decks the grove,
The woodbine the soft breeze perfumes.
For you the lark's gay carols swell,
And notes of welcome grace his lay—
What notes shall Mary's pleasure tell?
What words her heart's fond welcome say?
And notes of welcome grace his lay—
What notes shall Mary's pleasure tell?
What words her heart's fond welcome say?
To welcome you in vain she tries,
And vainly strives to speak ber bliss—
Then read her pleasure in her eyes!
And take her welcome in a kiss!
And vainly strives to speak ber bliss—
Then read her pleasure in her eyes!
And take her welcome in a kiss!
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