OH say from thy bosom why heaves the soft sigh, Why fades the red bloom of thy cheek. Why glistens the tear in thy lovely blue eye, When with thee of parting I speak. My sweetest Mary? Inconstant to all its fond vows, can my heart Deceitful to Mary e'er prove? Or if Fate decrees that from thee I must part, E'er cease to remember with Love My sweetest Mary? Then weep not dear girl if I leave thee behind, My love shall forever endure; Though beauty may fade, yet the charms of thy mind, From falsehood my heart will secure. My sweetest Mary. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FETES GALANTES: ROMANCES SANS PAROLE, SELECTION by PAUL VERLAINE THE BALLAD OF LOVELY LADYES OF LONG AGOE by FRANCOIS VILLON THE DORCHESTER GIANT by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES THE SHEPHERD OF KING ADMETUS by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL O, BREATHE NOT HIS NAME! by THOMAS MOORE A BURIAL-PLACE by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM |