The miscellaneous works of David Humphreys Late Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America to the Court of Madrid |
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Though duty calls and friendship leaves no choice,
Unutterable feelings choak my voice—
For sensibilities I bring, not less,
And greater grief than others, to express.
Then ask your breast, each feeling patriot, ask,
How dread the duty and how great the task?
Yet who can tell what sorrow fills my breast?
Can all the sighs that will not be supprest,
The struggling voice and eyes that overflow,
Effuse such deep, immeasurable woe?
Unutterable feelings choak my voice—
For sensibilities I bring, not less,
And greater grief than others, to express.
Then ask your breast, each feeling patriot, ask,
How dread the duty and how great the task?
Yet who can tell what sorrow fills my breast?
Can all the sighs that will not be supprest,
The struggling voice and eyes that overflow,
Effuse such deep, immeasurable woe?
| The miscellaneous works of David Humphreys | |