The Harp of Erin Containing the Poetical Works of the Late Thomas Dermody. In Two Volumes |
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Pretty one, on thy soft lip grows
A pearl, like dew-drop on the rose;
Let me then, like the sun's bright ray,
Exhale the honey'd drop away.
A pearl, like dew-drop on the rose;
Let me then, like the sun's bright ray,
Exhale the honey'd drop away.
Pensive one, say, why weeps thine
eye,
Streaming like an ev'ning sky,
Which, like the gentle moon, should move,
Lighting to ecstacy and love!
Streaming like an ev'ning sky,
Which, like the gentle moon, should move,
Lighting to ecstacy and love!
Cruel one, thou hast kill'd my heart,
Beyond the cunning'st leech's art;
Panting long time, at last, at last
Its foolish strugglings quickly past;
Beyond the cunning'st leech's art;
Panting long time, at last, at last
Its foolish strugglings quickly past;
Gentle one, thou, perchance, complain
Because the tender thing is slain;
If so, and thou dost wish to save,
Smile, and redeem it from the grave.
Because the tender thing is slain;
If so, and thou dost wish to save,
Smile, and redeem it from the grave.
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