The Poems of Winthrop Mackworth Praed With a Memoir by the Rev. Derwent Coleridge. Fourth Edition. In Two Volumes |
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SHADOWS OF SADNESS. |
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SHADOWS OF SADNESS.
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Shadows of sadnessCome o'er thy young bride;
They cloud all her giadness,
They calm all her pride;
A bright home I leave, love;
From dear friends I fly;
In bliss I must grieve, love;
In bliss let me sigh!
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On the green bowersThat echoed my song,—
On all the glad flowers
I cherished so long,—
On yon merry brook, love,
In light gushing by,
I look my last look, love;
For these let me sigh!
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There my gay brotherLess joyous is grown;
And there my fond mother
Sits pensive and lone;
Roam—rest where I will, love,
Beneath a fair sky,
They'll sigh for me still, love;—
For them let me sigh!
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Though I forget notThe name I bear now,
And though I regret not
The ring or the vow,
A cloud's on my heart, love,
A tear's in mine eye;
Most dear as thou art, love,
To-day let me sigh!
December 16, 1836.
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