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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

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WON'T YOU.

[_]

(Air composed by Mr. Ditchfield.)

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Do you remember when you heard
My lips breathe love's first faltering word;
You do, Sweet—don't you?
When having wander'd all the day,
Link'd arm in arm, I dared to say,
“You'll love me—won't you?”

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And when you blush'd, and could not speak,
I fondly kiss'd your glowing cheek;
Did that affront you?
Oh, surely not: your eye exprest
No wrath—but said, perhaps in jest,
“You'll love me—won't you?”

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I'm sure my eyes replied, “I will;”
And you believe that promise still;
You do, Sweet—don't you?
Yes, yes! when age has made our eyes
Unfit for questions, or replies,
You'll love me—won't you?