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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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[VOLUME TWO]
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POEMS.
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FASHIONABLE ECLOGUES.
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LUNATIC LAYS.
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I. I MUST AND WILL AN ACTRESS WED.
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II. I WANT TO GO UPON THE STAGE.
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III. I MUST HAVE MUSIC.
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IV. ADIEU, MY MOUSTACHIOS!
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V. THE LAST WOMAN!
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VI. BIOGRAPHY.
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VII. THE FIRST WHITE HAT!
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VIII. MY SINECURE PLACE.
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IX. JUNO'S SOIREE.
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WEEDS OF WITCHERY.
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SEASONABLE DITTIES.
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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
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SONGS AND BALLADS.
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POEMS AND SONGS.
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SONGS OF THE DAYS OF CHIVALRY.
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THE WREATH.
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I'LL NOT BELIEVE IT.

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I'll not believe love's wreath will pain
The hands that weave it;
That when no summer flow'rs remain,
Love's wreath becomes a galling chain:
I'll not believe it!

II

I'll not believe man wins a heart,
To pain and grieve it;
That when sad tears unbidden start,
The once fond lover will depart:
I'll not believe it!

III

I'll not believe a hope he'll raise,
But to deceive it;
That in the wane of wedded days,
He'll slight the smile love used to praise:
I'll not believe it!
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