The Collected Songs of Charles Mackay With Illustrations by John Gilbert |
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INDIFFERENCE. |
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INDIFFERENCE.
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Scorn'd by one I loved too fondly,Pain'd by Passion, sad of heart,
To mine aid Indifference hasten'd,
Bidding tyrant Love depart.
Oh, the sorrow deep and lasting!
Love, though vanquish'd as I bade,
Fled and left a colder tyrant
Master of mine heart betray'd.
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All the charms of life and fancyWither'd in the sudden blight;
Friendship pined for Love's departure,
Hope grew careless of delight;
Music lost her voice of rapture,
Earth its beauty, Heaven its glow;
Fountains fill'd with joy, were frozen
When my tears refused to flow.
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“Oh, return, return, for pity!”In my loneliness I cried;
“Love is better, e'en though hopeless,
“Than Indifference and Pride.
“Oh, return, sweet rose of pleasure!
“Come with all thy flowers of pain;—
Love rewards its own endurance;
“Come, sweet Tyrant, back again!”
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