The poetical works of Susanna Blamire "The Muse of Cumberland." Now for the first time collected by Henry Lonsdale; With a preface, memoir, and notes by Patrick Maxwell |
The poetical works of Susanna Blamire "The Muse of Cumberland." | ||
O BID ME NOT TO WANDER.
Written when earnestly entreated to go to the South of France for the recovery of her health.
O urge me not to wander,
And quit my pleasant native shore;
O let me still meander
On those sweet banks I lov'd before!
The heart when fill'd with sorrow
Can find no joy in change of scene,
Nor can that cheat to-morrow
Be aught but what to-day has been.
And quit my pleasant native shore;
O let me still meander
On those sweet banks I lov'd before!
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Can find no joy in change of scene,
Nor can that cheat to-morrow
Be aught but what to-day has been.
If pleasure e'er o'ertakes me,
'Tis when I tread the wonted round
Where former joy awakes me,
And strows its relics o'er the ground.
There's not a shrub or flower
But tells some dear lov'd tale to me,
And paints some happy hour
Which I, alas! no more shall see.
'Tis when I tread the wonted round
Where former joy awakes me,
And strows its relics o'er the ground.
There's not a shrub or flower
But tells some dear lov'd tale to me,
And paints some happy hour
Which I, alas! no more shall see.
The poetical works of Susanna Blamire "The Muse of Cumberland." | ||