Poems, on sacred and other subjects and songs, humorous and sentimental: By the late William Watt. Third edition of the songs only--with additional songs |
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THE LOST SMILE OF HOPE. |
 | Poems, on sacred and other subjects |  |
THE LOST SMILE OF HOPE.
Canst thou, wilt thou leave me, Callum?
Dar'st thou then deceive me, Callum?
Ah! where now thy plighted vow,
That thou would'st never grieve me, Callum?
Dar'st thou then deceive me, Callum?
Ah! where now thy plighted vow,
That thou would'st never grieve me, Callum?
If to the lowlands thou should'st stray,
And leave me lone in wild Glengarry,
Some fairer maid, with dress more gay,
May haply turn thy love from Mary.
And leave me lone in wild Glengarry,
Some fairer maid, with dress more gay,
May haply turn thy love from Mary.
Canst thou, wilt thou, &c.
Where then the smile of hope so fair,
Of hope thou often bad'st me cherish?
All sunk in gloomy, breme despair,
And doom'd, alas! for aye to perish.
Of hope thou often bad'st me cherish?
All sunk in gloomy, breme despair,
And doom'd, alas! for aye to perish.
Canst thou, wilt thou, &c.
As fades the freshest flow'ret's bloom,
When by the eastern breeze 'tis blighted,
So fades the maid, in hopeless gloom,
When by a faithless lover slighted.
When by the eastern breeze 'tis blighted,
So fades the maid, in hopeless gloom,
When by a faithless lover slighted.
Canst thou, wilt thou, &c.
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