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Desp.iir and anguish fills my breast,
Since I have lost my blooming rose ;
I sigh and moan while others rest ;
His absence yields me no repose.
To seek my love I'll range and rove.
Thro' every grove and distant plain ;
I'hus Til ne'er cease, but spend my days,
'Till I hear tidings from my swain.
There's naething strange in Nature's change,
Since parents shew such cruelty ;
They caus'd my love from me to range,
And knows not to what destiny.
The pretty kids, and tender lambs,
Ma}^ cease to sport upon the plain ;
But I'll mourn and lament in deep discontent,
For the absence of my darling swain.
Kind Neptune, let me thee entreat,
To send a fair and pleasant gale ;
Ye dolphins sweet, upon me wait,
And convey mc upon your tall ;
Heaven bless my voyage with success,
While crossing of the raging main,
And send me safe o'er to that distant shore.
To meet my lovely darling swain.