OH, MOLLY DEAR!
TO MY SISTER MARY ON HER BIRTHDAY, DEC. 1844.
Oh, Molly dear! oh, Molly dear!
Thy birthday's here once more;
And canst thou tell, if, this short year,
Thou'rt wiser than before?
For each returning year should bring
Another flower to deck thy spring.
Thy birthday's here once more;
And canst thou tell, if, this short year,
Thou'rt wiser than before?
For each returning year should bring
Another flower to deck thy spring.
Oh, Molly dear! oh, Molly dear!
What are thy dreams of bliss?
And dost thou think the coming year
Must be more bright than this?
Oh, yes! I trust that it may be
A future of much joy to thee.
What are thy dreams of bliss?
And dost thou think the coming year
Must be more bright than this?
Oh, yes! I trust that it may be
A future of much joy to thee.
Oh, Molly dear! oh, Molly dear!
Thy life seems a brig:ht dream,
And thou hast much in life to cheer
Thy passage down life's stream.
Oh! may thy young heart never know
One half this bosom's share of woe.
Thy life seems a brig:ht dream,
And thou hast much in life to cheer
Thy passage down life's stream.
Oh! may thy young heart never know
One half this bosom's share of woe.
Oh, Molly dear! oh, Molly dear!
May blessings on thee light;
And may thy every smile and tear
Be like the rainbow light.
And thou art blessed if thou canst know
No deeper shade of grief or woe.
May blessings on thee light;
And may thy every smile and tear
Be like the rainbow light.
And thou art blessed if thou canst know
No deeper shade of grief or woe.
Oh, Molly dear! oh, Molly dear!
No parent's love hast thou;
But I will watch each smile and tear,
And shadow on thy brow.
And pray that we may be for ever
Entwined in heart and soul together.
No parent's love hast thou;
But I will watch each smile and tear,
And shadow on thy brow.
And pray that we may be for ever
Entwined in heart and soul together.