What though I am forc'd from my nation,
I'll leave thee my heart behind,
My ſorrow I'll bear with patience,
and ſtrive to content my mind:
Dear Bet, my love, make thyſelf eaſy,
thy ſighing is all in vain.
I'll do my endeavour to pleaſe thee,
when I come home again.
Having read out the letter ſhe kiſs'd it,
and trembling with ſad ſurprize;
Ten thouſand times over ſhe bleſt it,
with tears in her youthful eyes:
Alas! how in tears ſhe lamented,
and oft-times will ſigh and complain,
And cry I ſhall ne'er be contented.
till Billy comes home again.
One moment her hands ſhe is wringing,
for the loſs of her only dear,
The very next moment ſhe's ſinging,
juſt ready to pierce the air;
Be kind to my true love, dear Neptune,
conduct him ſafe over the main,
For I ſhall never be happy
till Billy comes home again
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GILDEROY.
<poem>AH Chloris! could I now but ſit as unconcern'd as when, Your infant beauty cou'd beget no happineſs nor pain,
