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Young Arthur

Or, The Child of Mystery: A Metrical Romance, by C. Dibdin

Dibdin, Charles (1768-1833)

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THE YOUTH'S HISTORY.

THE RUIN AND THE IVY.

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THE STRANGER'S TALE.

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THE STRANGER'S TALE CONTINUED.

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THE TALE OF ALICE.

BALLAD.

THE SAGE'S HISTORY.

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THE STRANGER'S TALE CONTINUED.

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ALLAN'S LAMENT.

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SIR ERNEST'S TALE—concluded.

HUBERT AND ELLEN.

ERNEST'S LAMENT IN PRISON.

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VARIATION VIII.

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SIR BRANDON'S HISTORY.

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THE MINSTREL'S WARNING.

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BALLAD.

O, alas! for the maiden
Who sighing must sue;
Her return is derision
Tho' pity her due!
O, shame upon manhood
Enjoying her smart;

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While her face ting'd with blushes,
Betrays her sad heart!

And can you for ever
Thus treat my fond love?
Should our sex slight your passion
How keen you reprove!
But if love wounds a maiden
Disdain'd she must sigh;
She but owns love to sorrow,
Conceals it to die!

This Ballad is adapted to “The Groves of Blarney.” Irish Melodies.