The Poetical Works of the late Mrs Mary Robinson including many pieces never before published. In Three Volumes |
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TO MRS. ROBINSON.
In dreary midnight's lonely hour,
When wretched lovers only wake,
Ten thousand tears fast dropping pour
And bathe this bosom for thy sake.
When wretched lovers only wake,
Ten thousand tears fast dropping pour
And bathe this bosom for thy sake.
When morning's misty eye uncloses,
And gives the world another day,
For thee (more sweet than vernal roses)
Ten thousand sighs are breath'd away.
And gives the world another day,
For thee (more sweet than vernal roses)
Ten thousand sighs are breath'd away.
But he whose scalding tears are flowing,
Whose aching breast heaves many a sigh,
Whose soul with fondest love is glowing,
Must hide his heart's first wish, and die!
Whose aching breast heaves many a sigh,
Whose soul with fondest love is glowing,
Must hide his heart's first wish, and die!
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