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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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[VERSE EXTRACTED FROM MEMOIR]
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LOVES OF THE BUTTERFLIES.
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MELODIES OF VARIOUS NATIONS.
  
HARK! FROM YONDER HOLY PILE.
  
THEY MAY TALK OF SCENES THAT ARE BRIGHT AND FAIR.
  
THOUGH NOW WE PART.
  
OH, DO NOT GIVE WAY TO THE SHADOWS OF CARE
  
IN HOURS OF GRIEF, WHEN EV'RY THOUGHT RENEWS.
  
ISABEL.
  
YOUTH'S BOSOM, WHEN JOY FLOURISHES.
  
CAN WE BANISH THE PAST? CAN WE EVER RENOUNCE.
  
WHEN METEOR-LIGHTS DANCE O'ER THE FEN.
  
IT IS IN THE VOICE OF YEARS THAT ARE GONE.
  
IN HAPPIER HOURS.
  
TO THE HOME OF MY CHILDHOOD IN SORROW I CAME.
  
GO, MY OWN DARLING BOY.
  
THINK NOT OF THE FUTURE, THE PROSPECT IS UNCERTAIN.
  
THE DANCE IS DESERTED, THE REVELLERS GONE.
  
O LEAVE ME TO MY SORROW.
  
OH! CUPID'S BOW.
  
COME LET US PASS THE SOCIAL GLASS.
  
“TOUJOURS LE MEME” WAS ENGRAV'D ON THE TOKEN.
  
HARK, THE CONVENT BELLS ARE RINGING.
  
WE MEET AGAIN, BUT NOT IN BLISS.
  
THERE CAME FROM THE WARS ON A JET BLACK STEED.
  
FLY FORWARD MY BOAT! BEAR ME OVER THE OCEAN.
  
I'LL WATCH FOR THEE.
  
HAIL, SOURCE OF JOY! THY MAGIC TOUCH HATH GIVEN.
  
SHE NEVER BLAMED HIM—NEVER.
  
YOU THINK I AM UNFEELING.
  
WHEN THE EYE OF BEAUTY CLOSES.
  
I HAVE SENT BACK EV'RY TOKEN.
  
IN HALLS OF PRIDE.
  
GO! MAY'ST THOU BE HAPPY.
  
THERE'S MUSIC AND MIRTH ON THE OCEAN.
  
WEEP NOT AROUND ME.
  
I'LL SING TO THEE THE FONDEST LAYS.
  
HARK! HARK! I HEAR A DISTANT DRUM.
  
OH! NO! WE NEVER MENTION HER.
  
I'M SADDEST WHEN I SING.
  
LOVE ADIEU!
  
GOD OF THE FATHERLESS.
  
FLY AWAY, POOR CAPTIVE BIRD.
  
BEHOLD THE SHIPS.
  
I'LL FIND YOU OUT.
  
WHERE IS HE NOW!
  
I WILL LOVE YOU.
  
THE DESERTED BRIDE.
  
THE LADY'S PAGE.
  
O SMILE NOT UPON ME.
  
A SOLDIER LAD.
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MINIATURE LYRICS.
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AIRS OF HAUT-TON.
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SONGS FOR THE GRAVE AND GAY.
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SONGS OF FASHIONABLE LIFE.
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SONGS FROM A FOREIGN LAND.
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SONGS OF THE OLD CHATEAU.
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SONGS TO ROSA.
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BALLADS.
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SONGS OF THE HAMLET.
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SONGS FROM FAIRY LAND.
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SONGS OF THE SEASONS.
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SONGS OF THE BOUDOIR.
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MISCELLANEOUS SONGS.
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[VOLUME TWO]

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I'LL SING TO THEE THE FONDEST LAYS.

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(Scotch Air.)

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I'll sing to thee the fondest lays
That blue-eyed maiden ever heard;
I'll glean from songs of other days
Each tender thought, each gentle word:
I will not let my fancy rove
To themes that charm the worldly throng:
Oh! no! for fairy dreams of love
And nought but love shall grace my song.

II

I'll twine for thee the fairest flowers
That bloom upon the moss-rose tree;
I'll climb the hills, I'll search the bowers,
To find a garland fit for thee;
I'll breathe to thee each fervent vow
That ever pledged a lover's truth,
And swear the tie that links us now
Shall long outlive the smiles of youth.
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III

I'll build for thee the lightest bark
That ever sailed upon the sea;
And when the troubled waves are dark,
My faithful arms shall shelter thee:
To glory's track,—or fortune's smile,
Let other vessels proudly float,
To some secluded sunny isle
I'll gaily steer my precious boat.
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