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Updated: June 18, 2025
Ah, what are thy feelings, whilst gazing on those, Who unconsciously smile in their balmy repose, The pangs which thy grief-stricken bosom must prove Whilst gazing through tears on those pledges of love, Who murmur in slumber the dear, cherish'd name Of that sire who has cover'd his offspring with shame, Of that husband whom justice has wrench'd from thy side Of the wretch, who the laws of his country defied?
In writing these verses, however, the workmanship was forgotten in the subject; and the critic, to feel them as he ought, should forget his own craft in reading them. "Written in the Spring of the Year 1788. "The hours and days pass on; sweet Spring returns, And whispers comfort to the heart that mourns: But not to mine, whose dear and cherish'd grief Asks for indulgence, but ne'er hopes relief.
No outward change thy soul shouldst wring, Oh! mourn but for the change within; Grieve over bright illusions fled, O'er fondly cherish'd hope, now dead, O'er errors of the days of youth, Ere wisdom taught the path of truth.
Then to give the following, and cease before the thought gets threadbare: Now, land and life, finale, and farewell! Now Voyager depart! But now obey thy cherish'd, secret wish, Embrace thy friends leave all in order; To port and hawser's tie no more returning, Depart upon thy endless cruise, old Sailor!
The ship is flying fast, Her pathway deck'd with whirling wreaths of foam; And all the swelling sails that bend each mast Obey the flag, which, fluttering, points to "Home!" Home! home! that tender word let me retrace, And bid each letter conjure o'er the sea Some cherish'd wish, and every well-loved face, To banish thought of those from whom I flee.
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