Valentine Verses or, Lines of Truth, Love, and Virtue. By the Reverend Richard Cobbold |
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THE HAPPY RETURN. |
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THE HAPPY RETURN.
Ah welcome the form that I see on the shore,
Dear girl of my heart, thou art welcome once more!
The sailor is leaving his boat on the main,
And touching the shores of Old England again.
Dear girl of my heart, thou art welcome once more!
The sailor is leaving his boat on the main,
And touching the shores of Old England again.
O welcome my love! thou art come! thou art come!
My heart is delighted, my lover is home,
'Tis this I have sigh'd for, have pray'd for in fear,
My sailor's return! ah! my sailor is dear.
My heart is delighted, my lover is home,
'Tis this I have sigh'd for, have pray'd for in fear,
My sailor's return! ah! my sailor is dear.
O welcome dear girl! all my dangers are past,
The waves to Old England have brought me at last;
My Hope has been steady; the Pilot above
Has borne me in safety again to my Love.
The waves to Old England have brought me at last;
My Hope has been steady; the Pilot above
Has borne me in safety again to my Love.
O come to my heart then! for ever be dear!
Thou honest brave sailor, my heart says “What cheer!”
He leaps from the boat to the shingle once more,
Ah! happy return for the maid on the shore.
Thou honest brave sailor, my heart says “What cheer!”
He leaps from the boat to the shingle once more,
Ah! happy return for the maid on the shore.
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