The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore Collected by Himself. In Ten Volumes |
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THEY TELL ME THOU'RT THE FAVOUR'D GUEST.
They tell me thou'rt the favour'd guest
Of every fair and brilliant throng;
No wit like thine to wake the jest,
No voice like thine to breathe the song;
And none could guess, so gay thou art,
That thou and I are far apart.
Of every fair and brilliant throng;
No wit like thine to wake the jest,
No voice like thine to breathe the song;
And none could guess, so gay thou art,
That thou and I are far apart.
Alas! alas! how different flows
With thee and me the time away!
Not that I wish thee sad—heav'n knows—
Still if thou can'st, be light and gay;
I only know, that without thee
The sun himself is dark to me.
With thee and me the time away!
Not that I wish thee sad—heav'n knows—
Still if thou can'st, be light and gay;
I only know, that without thee
The sun himself is dark to me.
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Do I thus haste to hall and bower,
Among the proud and gay to shine?
Or deck my hair with gem and flower,
To flatter other eyes than thine?
Ah, no, with me love's smiles are past,
Thou had'st the first, thou had'st the last.
Among the proud and gay to shine?
Or deck my hair with gem and flower,
To flatter other eyes than thine?
Ah, no, with me love's smiles are past,
Thou had'st the first, thou had'st the last.
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