Miscellanies.
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Too well the lovelorn maiden knew
That solemn boding sound,
And thus in dying words bespoke
The virgins weeping round: 24
That solemn boding sound,
And thus in dying words bespoke
The virgins weeping round: 24
"I hear a voice you cannot hear
"Which says I must not stay;
"I see a hand you cannot see
"Which beckons me away. 28
"Which says I must not stay;
"I see a hand you cannot see
"Which beckons me away. 28
"By a false heart and broken vows
"In early youth I die.
"Was I to blame because his bride
"Was thrice as rich as I? 32
"In early youth I die.
"Was I to blame because his bride
"Was thrice as rich as I? 32
"Ah, Colin! give not her thy vows,
"Vows due to me alone;
"Nor thou, fond maid! receive his kiss,
"Nor think him all thy own. 36
"Vows due to me alone;
"Nor thou, fond maid! receive his kiss,
"Nor think him all thy own. 36
"To-morrow in the church to wed
"Impatient both prepare;
"But know, fond Maid! and know, false Man!
"That Lucy will be there. 40
"Impatient both prepare;
"But know, fond Maid! and know, false Man!
"That Lucy will be there. 40
"Then bear my corse, ye Comrades! bear,
"This bridegroom blithe to meet,
"He in his wedding-trim so gay,
"I in my winding-sheet." 44
"This bridegroom blithe to meet,
"He in his wedding-trim so gay,
"I in my winding-sheet." 44
