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Songs and Poems from 1819 to 1879

By J. R. Planché

Planché, J. R. (1796-1880)

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I.

STANZAS TO A BROKEN LUTE.

STANZAS FOR MUSIC.

TO------, WITH A RING.

TO THOMAS MOORE, ESQ.

VENETIAN MELODY.

FRENCH MELODY.

LINES ON PASSING THROUGH FRANCE.

VULCAN AND HYMEN.

IRISH MELODY. No. 1.

IRISH MELODY. No. 2.

IRISH MELODY. No. 3.

IRISH MELODY. No. 4.

IRISH MELODY. No. 5.

ON THE DEATH OF MRS. ---

OLD ENGLISH MELODY.

TO J--- H---, ESQ., ON HIS MARRIAGE.

TO MY WIFE AFTER AN ILLNESS.

“THERE WAS A TIME.”

OH! NOT BY THE RIVER.

FROM THE FRENCH.

FROM THE PORTUGUESE OF CACCEORUS.

ASK YE WHERE MY HOME?

SOUVENIR OF MOUNT EDGECUMBE.

ON HEARING A LADY SING “LOVE IS PASSING.”

ON LEAVING PENCARROW.

“POVERTY PARTS GOOD COMPANY.”

THE FLOWERS OF TOWTON FIELD.

PROLOGUE TO THE “FORTY THIEVES.”

PROLOGUE TO “VALENTINE AND ORSON.”

SONG FROM “BABIL AND BIJOU.”

LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.

“WITH WOMAN AS WITH OTHER GAME.”

“WHEREFORE NOT BEING SAD.”

OH! YE LORDS OF THE CREATION!

LINES ON THE DEATH OF CARL MARIA VON WEBER.

II.

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FRENCH MELODY.

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Air—“J'étais bien jeune encore.”

Let not her smile deceive thee!—
Love ne'er was to that bosom known;
Too soon its faithless light will leave thee,
Hopeless, joyless, blighted, and lone,—
Let not her smile deceive thee!

Or when her scorn shall grieve thee,
And that false smile no more shall beam;
And the bright wreath thy hopes now weave thee,
Seared and faded, alas! shall seem;—
Then too late thou'lt believe me.

Think not I would bereave thee
Wantonly of thy vision fair,
But when the guileful dream shall leave thee,
Ah! how wilt thou thy waking bear?—
Let not her smile deceive thee!