Songs, Ballads, and Other Poems by the late Thomas Haynes Bayly; Edited by his Widow. With A Memoir of the Author. In Two Volumes |
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SIGH NOT.
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Sigh not, when I'm away,Fly not far from the gay;
Buy not sorrow's dull tale,
Cry not,—will it avail?
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Die not—live for my sake,
Sigh not, when I'm away,
Fly not far from the gay.
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Hie not to the weird sage,Pry not into life's page,
Try not witchery's test;
Why not hope for the best?
I, not dreaming of guile,
Spy not a crime in a smile!
Sigh not when I'm away,
Fly not far from the gay.
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