The Wreath Or Miscellaneous Poetical Gleanings Including Originals From Resp
The Wreath Or Miscellaneous Poetical Gleanings Including Originals From Resp
Christopher Earnshaw
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STAY, Lady (lay. For Mercy's fcke, And hear a helplefs orphan's tale : Ah! lure my looks limit pity wake 'Tis want that makes my cheek io pale. Yet I was once a mother's pride, And my brave father's hope and joy 1 But in the Nile's proud fight he died And I am now an orphan boy. Poor foolifh child, how pleas'd was I, When news of Nelfon's Vicl'ry came, Along the crowded ftrccts to fiy And fee the lighted windows flame! To force me home my mother fought She could not bear to fee my joy : Tor wit...h my father's life 'twas bought And made me a poor orphan boy. Trie people's fhouts were long and loud ; My mother, fhuda'ring, clos'a her ears J " Rejoice, rejoice!' 1 full cry'u thecrowu Mv mother anfv/er'd with her tears. " Oh. Why do tears flcal down your cheek. ' Crv'd I, " while otners fhout with joy i' She kiis'd me; and in accents weak, is he cali'd me her poor orphan boy. " What is an orphan boy ?" I faid : When fuddenly fhe gafp'd for breath. And her eyes clcs'd ! I fhriek'd for aid : But, ah.
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