Dramas Translations, and Occasional Poems. By Barbarina Lady Dacre.[i.e. Barbarina Brand] In Two Volumes |
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[Shall this pale cheek no pity claim]
Shall this pale cheek no pity claim,
That thou wert wont to swear
Might opening damask roses shame?
Ah! if that hue no more it wear,
Thine, cruel! be alone the blame,
Who hung wan lilies there.
That thou wert wont to swear
Might opening damask roses shame?
Ah! if that hue no more it wear,
Thine, cruel! be alone the blame,
Who hung wan lilies there.
And is this eye, with tears o'erfraught,
To thine no longer known?
This eye that read the tender thought,
Erewhile soft trembling in thine own;
By thee, alas! to weep, since, taught,
And all its lustre flown.
To thine no longer known?
This eye that read the tender thought,
Erewhile soft trembling in thine own;
By thee, alas! to weep, since, taught,
And all its lustre flown.
Thou, who hast clouded with despair
My joyous break of day,
And blighted what to thee seem'd fair,
Youth's mantling bloom, and smile so gay;
Tear from my heart, in pity tear,
The power to love away!
My joyous break of day,
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Youth's mantling bloom, and smile so gay;
Tear from my heart, in pity tear,
The power to love away!
H. C. P. July, 1806.
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