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WESTERN RESERVE STUDIES
"Pardon, O pardon, Lord above!
My child, with pray'rs invoke his love,
The Almighty never errs;"
"O, mother! mother! idle prate,
Can he be anxious for my fate,
Who never heard my prayers?"[1]
My child, with pray'rs invoke his love,
The Almighty never errs;"
"O, mother! mother! idle prate,
Can he be anxious for my fate,
Who never heard my prayers?"[1]
"Be patient, child, in God believe,
The good he can, and will relieve,
To trust his power endeavour."
"O, mother! mother! all is vain,
What trust can bring to life again?
The past, is past, for ever."[2]
The good he can, and will relieve,
To trust his power endeavour."
"O, mother! mother! all is vain,
What trust can bring to life again?
The past, is past, for ever."[2]
"Who knows but that he yet survives;
Perchance, far off from hence he lives,
And thinks no more of you.
Forget, forget, the faithless youth,
Away with grief, your sorrow soothe,
Since William proves untrue."[3]
Perchance, far off from hence he lives,
And thinks no more of you.
Forget, forget, the faithless youth,
Away with grief, your sorrow soothe,
Since William proves untrue."[3]
"Mother, all hope has fled my mind,
The past, is past, our God's unkind;
Why did he give me breath?
Oh! that this hated loathsome light
Would fade for ever from my sight,
Come, death, come, welcome death!"[4]
The past, is past, our God's unkind;
Why did he give me breath?
Oh! that this hated loathsome light
Would fade for ever from my sight,
Come, death, come, welcome death!"[4]
"Indulgent Father, spare my child,
Her agony hath made her wild,
She knows not what she does.
Daughter, forget thy earthly love,
Look up to him who reigns above,
Where joys succeed to woes."[5]
Her agony hath made her wild,
She knows not what she does.
Daughter, forget thy earthly love,
Look up to him who reigns above,
Where joys succeed to woes."[5]
"Mother, what now are joys to me?
With William, Hell a Heaven could be,
Without him, Heaven a Hell.
Fade, fade away, thou hated light,
Death, bear me hence to endless night,
With love all hope farewell."[6]
With William, Hell a Heaven could be,
Without him, Heaven a Hell.
Fade, fade away, thou hated light,
Death, bear me hence to endless night,
With love all hope farewell."[6]
- ↑ First line, "Oh! mercy, mercy, Lord above!
- ↑ First line, Forbear—forbear—in God believe; fifth, No trust.
- ↑ First line, My child, who knows, he yet survives.
- ↑ Fourth and fifth lines, Would that this hated loathsome light Could.
- ↑ Sixth line, There.
- ↑ The stanza reads:In his manuscript corrections the second line reads, would be; the fourth and fifth,"Oh! mother, mother, Hell or Heaven
Woe or joy, are now all even:
William was Heaven alone.
Fade from my eyes, thou hated light,
Descend, my soul, to endless night,
For love and hope are flown.""Come friendly Death, I hate the light,
Bear me away to endless night."
