 | Miscellaneous writings of the late Dr. Maginn |  |
STANZAS.
Oh mine be the shade, &c.
Oh! mine be the shade where no eye may discover,
Where in silence and sorrow alone I may dwell;
Give scorn to the maid, who is false to her lover;
A tear unto her, who has loved but too well!
Alas for the heart, when affection forsaking
The vows, it has pledged, and has cherish'd through years;
For no refuge remains to that lone heart but breaking,
The silence of grief, and the solace of tears!
Where in silence and sorrow alone I may dwell;
Give scorn to the maid, who is false to her lover;
A tear unto her, who has loved but too well!
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The vows, it has pledged, and has cherish'd through years;
For no refuge remains to that lone heart but breaking,
The silence of grief, and the solace of tears!
Farewell the bright prospects that once could allure me
To think this poor earth was a promise of Heaven;
Since he, who once doated, no more can endure me,
Too much with the darkness of fate I have striven;
The flowers with their odours—the birds with their singing—
The beauties of earth, and the glories of sky,
Dear—sad recollections are constantly bringing—
And all that remains upon earth is—to die!!
To think this poor earth was a promise of Heaven;
Since he, who once doated, no more can endure me,
Too much with the darkness of fate I have striven;
The flowers with their odours—the birds with their singing—
The beauties of earth, and the glories of sky,
Dear—sad recollections are constantly bringing—
And all that remains upon earth is—to die!!
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