Queen Berengaria's Courtesy, and Other Poems By the Lady E. Stuart Wortley. In Three Vols |
I, II, III. |
HENCE, FATAL DREAM! |
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HENCE, FATAL DREAM!
Hence! fatal dream—away—away—
Haunt me not thus, by night and day—
My hope—my happiness are o'er—
Hence—hence—and haunt my heart no more!
Haunt me not thus, by night and day—
My hope—my happiness are o'er—
Hence—hence—and haunt my heart no more!
Hence, fatal Image—haste! depart!
Nor leave thy shadow on my heart!
No more on poisons let it feed,
Pillared and propped upon a reed!
Nor leave thy shadow on my heart!
No more on poisons let it feed,
Pillared and propped upon a reed!
Hence, Image, worshipped and adored,
However thou mayst be deplored—
Thy very memory let me weed
From this poor heart—despoiled indeed!
However thou mayst be deplored—
Thy very memory let me weed
From this poor heart—despoiled indeed!
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Then fatal Dream! away—away—
Though every dear Hope's every ray
Must thus be clouded darkened o'er—
Hence—hence, and haunt my heart no more!
Though every dear Hope's every ray
Must thus be clouded darkened o'er—
Hence—hence, and haunt my heart no more!
In vain—in vain I toil and strive,
In that Dream's shadow must I live!
In vain I seek from fate to fly,
In that Dream's shadow I must die!
In that Dream's shadow must I live!
In vain I seek from fate to fly,
In that Dream's shadow I must die!
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