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"It is–it is the trumpet’s note!-- |
| "One–bust one little moment
more, My heart forget to ache; That time hath blessed joys in store– Or griefs–to bid thee break! Long years, since our farewell, have past In misery and in gloom; And, oh! if it should prove our last, Welcome my shroud and tomb! |
| "Alas! How could I live–yet
know That thou, my love, wert slain; That, gash’d and cold, they noble brow Lay on the battle-plain: That the fond voice, ‘t was bliss to hear, In death had pass’d away:-- O, Albert, haste–or doubt and fear Thy Genevieve will slay! |
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[page 163] "Who calls?–the wind my ear deceives– |
| "My own fond girl–my graceful
flower– My beautiful–my pride– How have I long’d for this blest hour, When on the ocean wide! And is, indeed, thy youthful heart Still constant as my own?-- Then we have met, no more to part; To live for love alone! |
"O, I have many a tale to tell Of woes and perils o’er; Of fair and gallant youths that fell Upon the Turkish shore!-- Of dreadful battles on the land, And tempests on the sea;-- Still saved, by Heaven’s protecting hand, My Genevieve–for thee!" |
| "Yet thou look’st pale–thine
arm is bound– And faded is thine eye [page 163]
Ah me! I fear, from sight and sound, |
"Behold our lovely cottage-home, O, never will you meet, In any land where’er you roam, A spot more fair–more sweet; Mother–dear mother–bless your child, The news was false we learn’d;-- God on our mutual prayers has smiled– Our Albert is return’d!" |
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This note follows the preceding poem
(also entitled "Constancy")
and indicates that two poems illustrating the engraving, "Constancy,"
were published: [This and the following poem were written expressly to illustrate the
engraving inscribed Constancy; and, the subject being so differently
treated by the gifted authors, it has been deemed right to
introduce the compositions of both. Editor.] [161] |
