The Works of Peter Pindar [i.e. John Wolcot] ... With a Copious Index. To which is prefixed Some Account of his Life. In Four Volumes |
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THE QUEEN OF FRANCE TO HER CHILDREN,
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THE QUEEN OF FRANCE TO HER CHILDREN,
Just before her Execution.
AN ELEGIAC BALLAD.
From my prison with joy could I go,
And with smiles meet the savage decree,
Were it only to sleep from my woe,
Since the grave holds no terrors for me.
And with smiles meet the savage decree,
Were it only to sleep from my woe,
Since the grave holds no terrors for me.
But from you, O my children, to part!
Oh! a coward I melt at my doom;
Ye draw me to earth, and my heart
Sighs for life, and shrinks back from the tomb.
Oh! a coward I melt at my doom;
Ye draw me to earth, and my heart
Sighs for life, and shrinks back from the tomb.
List, list not to Calumny's lie,
For I know not of guilt and its fears;
And when at my fate ye will sigh,
My ghost shall rejoice in your tears.
For I know not of guilt and its fears;
And when at my fate ye will sigh,
My ghost shall rejoice in your tears.
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In blessings, ah! take my last breath!
Dear babes of my bosom, adieu!
May the cloud be dispers'd by my death,
And open a sunshine for you.
Dear babes of my bosom, adieu!
May the cloud be dispers'd by my death,
And open a sunshine for you.
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