The Works of the Late Aaron Hill ... In Four Volumes. Consisting of Letters on Various Subjects, And of Original Poems, Moral and Facetious. With An Essay on the Art of Acting |
ORRA MOOR.
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The Works of the Late Aaron Hill | ||
ORRA MOOR.
A SONG, alter'd.
I
Stay, stay, O Sun! whose chearful RayHas drawn my Orra's feet astray:
O! chase the Fogs—O! clear the Skies!
And guide my Orra, to my eyes.
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II
O! were I sure my Dear to view,I'd climb the top of that tall Yew!
Aloft, in air, I'd quivering stand,
And round, and round, explore the land.
III
Where, Orra Moor! where art thou stray'd?What wood conceals my sleeping maid?
Torn by the thorns, enrag'd I'll tear
The trees, that hide my silent fair.
IV
Oh! I could ride those clouded skies,Or, on that Raven's pinions rise!
Ye Storks! ye Swans!—a moment, stay,
And waft a Lover, on his way.
V
Far! far! from me, my Orra flies,While, here, forsaken Summer dies:
Come, Winter, come! no frost I fear;
Her icey heart has bound me, here.
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VI
No, no—I'll burst each wint'ry bar,Thy chain, O love! is strongest far!
By steel may bodies be confin'd,
But love, my Orra, chains the mind.
VII
Cease, cease thy pain, O throbbing breast!When thoughts are woes—the first are best:
'Tis Death to go—'Tis worse—to stay:
I'll die with Orra—haste away.
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