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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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A SOLDIER LAD.

I

A Soldier Lad my Love shall be,
He'll frown on the foe, but He'll smile on me.
I'll deck his helm with plumage light.
I'll make his shield and buckler bright;
And when the trump he hears,
He shall not see my tears.

II

A Soldier Lad my Love shall be,
He'll frown on the foe, but He'll smile on me,
And when I hear the fife and drum,
When all exclaim “They come! They come!”
I know I shall not speak,—
The voice of joy is weak!

III

A Soldier Lad my Love shall be,
He'll frown on the foe, but He'll smile on me,
I'll make him tell of battles fought,
Yet shudder at the tale I sought;
His hand will press my own,
To prove the danger gone.
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