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Songs, Ballads, and Other Poems

by the late Thomas Haynes Bayly; Edited by his Widow. With A Memoir of the Author. In Two Volumes
Bayly, Thomas Haynes (1797-1839)

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VOL I.
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[VERSE EXTRACTED FROM MEMOIR]
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LOVES OF THE BUTTERFLIES.
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MELODIES OF VARIOUS NATIONS.
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MINIATURE LYRICS.
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AIRS OF HAUT-TON.
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SONGS FOR THE GRAVE AND GAY.
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SONGS OF FASHIONABLE LIFE.
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SONGS FROM A FOREIGN LAND.
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SONGS OF THE OLD CHATEAU.
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SONGS TO ROSA.
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BALLADS.
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SONGS OF THE HAMLET.
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SONGS FROM FAIRY LAND.
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SONGS OF THE SEASONS.
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SONGS OF THE BOUDOIR.
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MISCELLANEOUS SONGS.
  
OH! AM I NOT A LOVER STILL.
  
THE BRIDEMAID.
  
THE VACANT CHAIR.
  
'TWAS THE LONG EXPECTED SIGNAL!
  
PLACE THE LAMP IN YOUR CASEMENT.
  
OH! TALK NO MORE OF SORROW PAST.
  
IT IS NO HOME FOR ME.
  
FLY AWAY SORROW!
  
THE BOLD BUCCANEER.
  
I'VE SOUGHT HIM IN THE SILENT GROVE.
  
NAPLES IS EVER JOYOUS AND GAY.
  
SEE THE SAIL SPREADING.
  
FLY AWAY PRETTY MOTH.
  
LOVE IN A COTTAGE FOR ME.
  
SUMMER AND WINTER.
  
WHEN THE MOON SHINES BRIGHTLY.
  
THOU ART THAT ONE.
  
SAY NOT YOU LOVE ME.
  
OH! WHY DOES HE STAY.
  
THE CIRCASSIAN.
  
THE BOWER.
  
WE HAVE LOVED.
  
THOSE HAPPY DAYS.
  
I'LL COME AGAIN TO THEE.
  
I'VE THE KINDEST OF WELCOMES FOR THEE.
  
I WILL BE KIND TO YOU.
  
I HAVE SEEN YOU, THOUGH UNSEEN.
  
I WILL NOT SIGH FOR THEE.
  
NO, NE'ER CAN THY HOME BE MINE!
  
I WOULD BEAR AS MUCH FOR YOU.
  
HOW TO BE MORE FIRMLY TRUE.
  
I'LL SHED NO TEAR FOR THEE.
  
IN THE SUNNY DAYS DAYS OF LIFE.
  
MY STEED IS AT THE GATE.
  
OLD AGE SITS BENT ON HIS IRON-GRAY STEED.
  
THE SON OF A SOLDIER A SOLDIER MUST BE.
  
YOU KNOW WE WERE HAPPY.
  
SHE WAS THE FAIREST.
  
OH! MINE WAS NOT THE SUDDEN LOVE.
  
ITALY! BEAUTIFUL LAND!
  
OH! WOULD I WERE UPON THE DECK.
  
THE REJECTED!
  
THE ACCEPTED.
  
TAKE, TAKE ONCE MORE THY SILV'RY LUTE.
  
OH! I COME NOT TO UPBRAID THEE.
  
THE BATTLE IS FOUGHT.
  
THE OCEAN IS CALM.
  
SUCH TEARS ARE BLISS.
  
OH! ASK ME NOT TO BE YOUR BRIDE.
  
I WILL LISTEN.
  
MY HARP OF SIGHS.
  
MY HARP OF SMILES.
  
DECK NOT WITH GEMS.
  
THE LOVE-KNOT.
  
A FEATHER IN MY CAP.
  
CHARITY.
  
CAN WE BELIEVE THIS WORLD OF OURS.
  
A SOLITARY GRIEF.
  
THE BEST WISH.
  
GRIEF WAS SENT THEE FOR THY GOOD.
  
VIRTUE AND ERROR.
  
YOU NEVER KNEW ANNETTE.
  
SUCH THINGS WERE.
  
THE MONKEY JACKET.
  
WITH BEATING HEART AND TREMBLING STEP.
  
THE BLACK-BALL'D MAN.
  
OH! HOW BLEST THE LOVER.
  
DEARER THAN LIFE THOU ART.
  
NO VESSEL IS IN SIGHT.
  
HAPPY FACES!
  
I CANNOT DANCE TO-NIGHT!
  
I GAVE YOU MY HEART.
  
I'LL LIVE ON THE SMILES.
  
THE FRIENDS WHO SMILE NO MORE.
  
THE BIRTH OF A SMILE.
  
THE TWO WEDDINGS.
  
THE SONG OF MY CHOICE.
  
CAN YOU NAME HER NOW SO LIGHTLY!
  
WILLIAM AND ADELAIDE.
  
AND HAVE I LIVED TO HEAR THEE BLAME.
  
HE LOVES ME NOT WITH THAT FOND LOVE.
  
'TIS WHEN NO TRIFLER LINGERS.
  
WHEN I MEAN TO DEPART.
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[VOLUME TWO]

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SAY NOT YOU LOVE ME.

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Say not you love me because I am fair;
Praise not my beauty, my eyes, and my hair;
If these dark tresses have charm'd you to-day,
What will you think of me when they grow grey?

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Oh! if you love me, endeavour to find
Some better reason, some charm of the mind;
Though with these tresses so fondly you play,
You'll seldom sport with them when they grow grey.

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Love that slights beauty, in youth must be cold;—
Prizing that only, what is it when old?
Try to love something that will not decay;
Virtue grows dearer as tresses grow grey.
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