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LOVE'S TRIALS.
I cannot mind my wheel, mother,
I cannot mind my wheel;
You know not what my heart must know,
You feel not what I feel:
My thread is idly cast, mother,
My thought is o'er the sea;
My hopes are falling fast, mother,
Yet feel you not for me!
I cannot mind my wheel;
You know not what my heart must know,
You feel not what I feel:
My thread is idly cast, mother,
My thought is o'er the sea;
My hopes are falling fast, mother,
Yet feel you not for me!
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I had a dreadful dream, mother,
'T was of a ship at sea;
I saw a form amidst the storm—
I heard him call on me.
I heard him call on me, mother,
As plain as now I speak;
I thought my brain would burst, mother,
I thought my heart would break.
'T was of a ship at sea;
I saw a form amidst the storm—
I heard him call on me.
I heard him call on me, mother,
As plain as now I speak;
I thought my brain would burst, mother,
I thought my heart would break.
For me he perils life, mother,
The weary ocean wide;
And yet a word from you, mother,
Had kept him by my side:
My wheel had gaily sped, mother,
My thoughts at home smiled free;
But now my smiles have fled, mother,
My heart is o'er the sea!
The weary ocean wide;
And yet a word from you, mother,
Had kept him by my side:
My wheel had gaily sped, mother,
My thoughts at home smiled free;
But now my smiles have fled, mother,
My heart is o'er the sea!
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