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LAURA, A PASTORAL SONG.
O my heart! thou so lately wert blest,
Those days I shall ever adore—
When Pleasure alone was thy guest,
But to meet thee, ah! meet thee no more.
Those days I shall ever adore—
When Pleasure alone was thy guest,
But to meet thee, ah! meet thee no more.
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How dull was the grove and the bow'r,
If the maid of thy love was not nigh!
She gave bloom, she gave life to each flow'r,
But with Laura, dear Laura, they die.
If the maid of thy love was not nigh!
She gave bloom, she gave life to each flow'r,
But with Laura, dear Laura, they die.
Lo! the linnets, enlivening the shade,
No longer give joy to my ear—
But their carols, how sweet, when the maid,
The pride of the valley, was near!
No longer give joy to my ear—
But their carols, how sweet, when the maid,
The pride of the valley, was near!
To the gloom, near yon fount, let me go,
Indulging of Fancy the dream;
I will listen to murmurs of woe,
And hear my sad tale in the stream.
Indulging of Fancy the dream;
I will listen to murmurs of woe,
And hear my sad tale in the stream.
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