On my quitting Clevedale to return to Barbados.
1.
AND must the Muse collect her feeble powers,
And strike the lyre in Friendship’s tuneful chord,
While mem’ry, resting on departed hours,
Recalls each joy the Dale could e’er afford?
2.
Yes, dear Laurentia, tho’ it’s feeble note,
So distant now may scarcely reach thy ear,
Yet in the gentle Evening breeze of thought
Thy peaceful mind the few faint sounds may hear.
3.
Those days are past, when oft on Summer’s morn,
We rov’d the Dale’s sweet flowers and charms among,
Saw the first rays of light the wood adorn,
Inhaled the breeze, and heard the tuneful song.
4.
When oft we wander’d in the kindly shade
Of lofty Elms where bright Laburnums glow,
How oft together sought the peaceful glade,
The wild dark Vale, where many waters flow.
5.
Perhaps Mnemosyne may deign to breathe,
Her gentle whispers on the happy past,
And sportive fancy deck with many a wreath,
Those gay delusions far too bright to last.
6.
Oh, may the Sun of hope, with circling rays,
Gild the wide Landscape life presents to view,
And joys bright arch surround your future days
With some fair scenes Imagination drew.
7.
That they were fair can true remembrance tell,
When she recalls the far-fled joys of youth,
When on the future time we used to dwell,
And fancy sang without the aid of truth.
8.
May mild Religion breathe a heav’nly calm,
To sooth the anguish of affliction’s woes,
Soft o’er thy mind diffuse a gentle balm,
And guide thy soul to it’s serene repose.
(Mary Abel Clinckett)
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