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le from her piJJoA gently raisd
3 Her head to afk,who there might be.
i ie faw young Sandy fhiv'ringfiand,
With vifage pale and hollow eye;. ''
Mary dear, cold is nay clay,
'It lies beneath a ftorniy fea;
ir, far from thee, I fleep in death; ..■!..
So, Mary, weep no more for me."
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hree fformy nights and ftormy davs
We tofs'd upon the raging main:
d long wc ftrove our Dark to fave,
But all our ftriving was in vain.
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Kvn then, when horror chill'd an blood,
'My heart was fill'd with love for thge:
'The ftorm is. paft, and T at reft:
'So, Mary, weep no more for me.
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O maiden dear, thyfelf prepare,
'We fobn fhall meet upon that fhore,
Where love is free from doubt and care,
'And thou and I fhall part no more!
Loud crovvU the cock, the fhadow fled.
No more^of Sandy could fhe fee;
Rut foft thenaffing fpitit faid,
"Sweet Mary, weep no more for me]
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Water Parted from the Sea.
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Water parted from the Sea^_ May increafe the ri _ver's tide; to the
fearcli oT foft repofe, thro 7 the land 'tis free to roam, ** Still/ it
murmurs
s as ir flows, Panting for its na _~T tive home. Tho' i
^m^^m
feartu of fof£ re-pofe, thro' the land 'tis free to roam, ftill it
ft- re -pole,
-r— + — y 8 H- Yl
urmurs as it flows, |^ pan „ -. ting for its na . tive home .
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