Songs, Ballads, and Other Poems by the late Thomas Haynes Bayly; Edited by his Widow. With A Memoir of the Author. In Two Volumes |
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I HAVE NOT KNOWN THEE LONG.
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I have not known thee long, Sir Knight,Yet oft I've heard thy name;
For in our village we delight
To trace a hero's fame.
I've thought of thee, I'll not deny,
Until I seem'd to know
The very glance of that dark eye
Which awed my country's foe.
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Yet never lightly prize the heartThat seems so lightly won;
'Tis surely a dissembler's part,
That which we love, to shun!
And I'd dissemble, if I'd thought
Such guile thou wouldst approve;
But no!—the maid, that you have sought,
Must glory in your love.
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I'll follow you throughout the world,To danger or to death;
But should we see the banner furl'd,
The weapon in its sheath,
We'll rove as fondly to the last,
And hand in hand we'll roam,
As if our days had all been past
Within a peaceful home.
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