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TO A YOUNG FRIEND,WHO, WITH SOME OTHERS AND MYSELF, HAD REPRESENTED CHARACTERS IN MISS PORTER'S BEAUTIFUL NOVEL OF 'THE SCOTTISH CHIEFS.'
My dear Isabella! when from you I parted,
And left my lov'd friends and their pleasant abode,
From my eyes the sad tears of regret often started,
As onward with Edwin I silently rode.
And left my lov'd friends and their pleasant abode,
From my eyes the sad tears of regret often started,
As onward with Edwin I silently rode.
Each scene of past happiness rose in succession,
Each hour which I've spent in sweet converse with you;
Oh! what would I give to be now in possession
Of the bliss which is vanish'd for ever from view.
Each hour which I've spent in sweet converse with you;
Oh! what would I give to be now in possession
Of the bliss which is vanish'd for ever from view.
