 | [Poems by Drake in] The life and works of Joseph Rodman Drake (1795-1820) |  |
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(AIR, “PEGGY NA LEVEN”)
Oh! the tear's in my eye, and my heart it is breaking,
Thou hast fled from me, Connor, and left me forsaken;
Bright and warm was our morning, but soon has it faded,
For I gave thee a true heart, and thou hast betrayed it.
Thou hast fled from me, Connor, and left me forsaken;
Bright and warm was our morning, but soon has it faded,
For I gave thee a true heart, and thou hast betrayed it.
Thy footsteps I followed in darkness and danger,
From the home of my love to the land of the stranger;
Thou wert mine through the tempest, the blight, and the burning,
Could I think thou wouldst change when the morn was returning?
From the home of my love to the land of the stranger;
Thou wert mine through the tempest, the blight, and the burning,
Could I think thou wouldst change when the morn was returning?
Yet peace to thy heart, though from mine it must sever,
May she love thee as I loved, alone and forever;
I may weep for thy loss, but my faith is unshaken,
And the heart thou hast widowed will bless thee in breaking.
May she love thee as I loved, alone and forever;
I may weep for thy loss, but my faith is unshaken,
And the heart thou hast widowed will bless thee in breaking.
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