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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A SOLITARY GRIEF. |
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A SOLITARY GRIEF.
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Oh! ask me not what grief it wasThat wrought this change in me,
What sorrow wither'd, one by one
The smiles you used to see.
The oak knows not which storm remov'd
Its fairest summer leaf;
A heart that's blighted dwells not on
A solitary grief.
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I will not speak of scorn from herTo whom I fondly knelt;
I will not name a friend's deceit,
Though that too I have felt.
The sinking bark heeds not what wave
Has hurl'd it on the reef;
A heart that's blighted dwells not on
A solitary grief.
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You're happy, and if one dark cloudIs seen 'mid tranquil years;
In mem'ry's store you treasure up
That one sad source of tears:
But in my darker destiny,
The smiles were few and brief;
The heart that's blighted dwells not on
A solitary grief.
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