And, « Ah! forgive a stranger rude, A wretch forlorn,» she cry'd, Whose feet unhallow'd thus intrude Where heav'n and you reside. «But let a maid thy pity share, Whom love has taught to stray; Who seeks for rest, but finds despair Companion of her way. ་ My father liv'd beside the Tyne, A wealthy lord was he; And all his wealth was mark'd as mine; He had but only me. « To win me from his tender arms Unnumber'd suitors came; Who prais'd me for imputed charms, And felt or feign'd a flame, « Each hour a mercenary crowd With richest proffers strove : Among the rest young Edwin bow'd, But never talk'd of love. In humble simplest habit clad, « The blossom opening to the day, Could nought of purity display, The dew, the blossom on the tree, With charms inconstant shine: Their charms were his; but, woe to me! Their constancy was mine. « For still I try'd each fickle art, Importunate and vain ; And, while his passion touch'd my heart, I triumph'd in his pain. Till quite dejected with my scorn, He left me to my pride; And sought a solitude forlorn, In secret where he died. « But mine the sorrow, mine the fault, And well my life shall pay : I'll seek the solitude he sought, «And there forlorn, despairing, hid, And so for him will I. » Forbid it, heav'n! » the hermit cry'd, And clasp'd her to his breast. The wond'ring fair one turn'd to chide, 'Twas Edwin's self that press'd. Thy own, thy long-lost Edwin here, Thus let me hold thee to my heart, And ev'ry care resign · And shall we never, never part, « No, never, from this hour to part, The sigh that rends thy constant heart FIN. DE L'IMPRIMERIE DE CRAPELET. XI. Les petits Enfans..... page 3 7 II 12 16 19 21 26 28 31 33 36 XII. Les Délices de l'hymen.. -XIII. La Promesse trop bien gardée.. 40 45 XIV. L'Espérance.. 47 -xv. L'Orage favorable. 52 XVI. Les Bergères au bain. 55 XVII. Le Torrent... 62 XVIII. Le petit Berger bienfaisant.. 64 XIX. Le Présage. 68 xx. La Tempête.... 70 XXI. La Chanson de la nuit.. 73 XXII. Le Sénateur devenu berger.. 75 XXIII. Les jeunes Époux. 79 XXIV. Le Nid de Fauvette. 85 -xxv. Clémentine et la Rose. XXVI. Le Sommeil de Phyllis. 85 87 |