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The Words by W. Pearce, Efq.
VVHILE,abfentfrom thefe faithful arms.
O’er diflant hills my Henry hies ;
Fears, fondly-fram’d, my breaft alarms,
And tears of paffion bathe my eyes:
Along this fecret grove I ftray,
For oft at eve I’ve met him here ;
And, to illufive thought a prey,
I turn, and fancy he is near!
Beneath thefe oaks how wou’d he kneel.
And vow his love with life fhou’d laft!
But memory heightens all I feel—
With pain I recoiled the paft!
Some Fairy guide me to the fpot.
Where hides the fov’reign of this heart! —
Adieu, ye vales !—adieu, fweet cot!
My fnowy lambs and I—muft part.
Thro’ woods and wilds—'midh thorns and brakes,
For thee, dear lad! my way I’ll keep,
"Till ftrength this tender frame forfakes ;
When wearied,—lie me down and weep i
But O! return—perfidious fwain !
Thou, airy Wand’rer, ceafe to rove;
Ah !—hafte to thefe fond arms again,
For none you meet like me will love !