MY soul with joyful gratitude surveys
The cheerful sun each day more splendid rise!
The softest breezes fan me as I gaze,
For thee, sweet girl! soliciting the skies.
Full well I know, though all is calmness here,
That angry winds may swell the troubled sea,
Yet this fond thought has check’d the starting tear,
“That mildest heaven would still the waves for thee.”
As pensive oft I view yon orbs divine,
The gems of night, by heavenly wisdom wrought,
By me unheeded all their glories shine;
Alone my Julia dwells in every thought!
Reflection still shall every scene pourtray,
(While memory controls oblivious night,)
Shall paint those hours, that till life’s latest day
Preserve thy name, my ever fond delight.
But ah! why sinks my drooping soul opprest?
Thy V. . . .Y ne’er will give thee cause to sigh;
Love, truth, and honour in his bosom rest,
And all that can a Sister’s love supply!
Then let between us boundless oceans roll,
While the free mind “is its own place” at will,
The thoughts of me shall triumph in thy soul,
And thy lov’d image shall my bosom fill.
What language, Julia, can the feelings paint
When last these eyes thy streaming sorrows view’d,
My tongue, alas! forbore e’en one complaint,
While poignant anguish every thought subdu’d.
Then as thy bark quick left our natal shore,
I rais’d mine eyes thy less’ning form to view,
And as the sailors mov’d the splashing oar,
In every gale I breath’d my fond adieu.
And quickly, Julia, would thy Emma fly,
For one short moment, one embrace to gain;
But hope, sweet comforter! embalms my sigh,
Assuaging half its agony of pain.
Perhaps, propitious to a Sister’s prayer,
(Tho’ fondly oft we wav’d the last farewel,)
Fate still may join us in this vale of care,
With bliss enraptur’d on the past to dwell.
Delightful thought! O let me linger here,
While in my heart these fond emotions beat;
O bear, ye winds! the sigh to Julia’s ear,
That says, “Remember that we still may meet.”
(Emma Lyon)
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