WHEN THE HEART IS OPPRESSED WITH SECRET SORROW.
ALAS ! then, is this wounded mind
Become unfeeling and unkind?
Can sorrow, disappointment, grief,
Find but in solitude relief?
Can each gay scene, where oft a part
I born, now but oppress my heart?
Oft from the crowd’s inquiring eye
I turn to hide a tear, or sigh,
Wear in my cheek a faithless smile,
And innocent my friends beguile;
Who fondly think that nothing less
Is hid beneath, than HAPPINESS.
Oh! sweet delusion! come, impart,
EXTEND thy power and REACH Oh! reach my HEART !
(Mrs. Walter Spencer)
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