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miscellaneous poems.
May Heaven preserve me in this hour,
And keep me e'er from madness
Uphold me with its strength'ning power
To bear this mortal sadness.
And keep me e'er from madness
Uphold me with its strength'ning power
To bear this mortal sadness.
Hush I hush, my babe, thy little moan,
And closer to me nestle,
We now must struggle on alone
With worldly sorrows wrestle.
And closer to me nestle,
We now must struggle on alone
With worldly sorrows wrestle.
Alone, alone, my fatherless,
We'll stem life's troubled ocean—
Ah! woe is me! and sore distress!
And weary wild commotion.
We'll stem life's troubled ocean—
Ah! woe is me! and sore distress!
And weary wild commotion.
For he, who welcomed thee, my child,
With smiles and fond caresses,
Another hath his love beguiled,
Another's lip he presses.
With smiles and fond caresses,
Another hath his love beguiled,
Another's lip he presses.
