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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OH! NOT WHEN YOUTH AND JOY ARE THINE.
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Oh! not when youth and joy are thineThou'lt know my love for thee;
Others, when sunbeams round thee shine,
As loving seem to be:
But darker days must come to prove
All the deep fervour of my love.
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How often, when the vain and gayHave thy attendants been,
I shunn'd their smiles and stole away
To gaze on thee unseen:
In darker days they'll disappear,
Then call on me;—I shall be near.
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