The fair wanderer; or, The history of Caroline Dormer, written by herself |
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Page 22 - I hear a voice you cannot hear, Which says, I must not stay; I see a hand you cannot see, Which beckons me away. ' By a false heart and broken vows, In early youth I die. Was I to blame, because his...
Page 22 - Nor think him all thy own. To-morrow, in the church to wed, Impatient both prepare ! But know, fond...
Page 23 - Compaffion, fhame, remorfe, defpair, At once his bofom fwell : The damps of death bedew'd his brow ; He groan'd, he fhook, he fell. From the vain bride, ah bride no more ! The varying crimfon fled, When, ftretch'd befide her rival's corfe, She faw her hufband dead.
Page 22 - COLIN AND LUCY. A BALLAD. OF Leinster, fam'd for maidens fair, Bright Lucy was the grace ; Nor e'er did Liffy's limpid stream Reflect so sweet a face : Till luckless love, and pining care, Impair'd her rosy hue, Her coral lips, and damask cheeks, And eyes of glossy blue. Oh ! have you seen a lily pale, When beating rains descend ? So droop'd the slow-consuming maid, Her life now near its end.
Page 23 - Was thrice as rich as I ? Ah Colin ! give not her thy vows, Vows due to me alone : Nor thou, fond maid, receive his kifs, Nor think him all thy own.
Page 23 - Oft at this place the constant hind, And plighted maid are seen, With garlands gay, and true-love knots, They deck the sacred green. But...
Page 23 - He shook, he groan'd, he fell. From the vain bride (ah bride no more !) The varying crimson fled, When, stretch'd before her rival's corse, She saw her husband dead.
Page 6 - The village preacher's modeft manfion rofe. A man he was, to all the country dear, And paffing rich with forty pounds a year...
Page 23 - She fpoke, fhe dy'd ; her corfe was borne, The bridegroom blithe to meet., . •, He in his wedding-trim fo gay, She in her winding-fheet.
Page 22 - I hear a voice you cannot hear, Which fays, I muft not ftay } 1 fee a hand you cannot fee, Which beckons me away.', By a falfe heart, and broken vows¿ In early youth I die : Was I to blame...