LOVELY maiden, sigh no longer,
Wipe those trickling tears away-
Will thy grief restore thy lover,
When it could not make him stay.
Waste not, then, thy life in sorrow,
Youth and beauty quickly flies;
Sighs will all thy roses wither,
Tears will dim thy sparkling eyes.
Is the youth who once could leave thee,
Worthy of thy future care?
No, forget the fickle rover,
When he wooes a rival fair.
Then haste thee to the verdant meadow,
And cull the sweetest flowrets there,
To weave a garland for the tressses
Of thy flowing auburn hair.
Let smiles again thy face enliven;
Once more gay and happy seem;
Thou yet shalt be the shepherd’s darling,
And the rural poet’s theme.
(Isabella Lickbarrow)
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