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First Line: Weep, daughter of a royal line
Last Line: Repaid thee by thy people's smiles!
Alternate Author Name(s): Byron, Lord; Byron, 6th Baron
Subject(s): Tears


WEEP, daughter of a royal line,
A Sire's disgrace, a realm's decay;
Ah! happy if each tear of thine
Could wash a father's fault away!

Weep -- for thy tears are Virtue's tears --
Auspicious to these suffering isles;
And be each drop in future years
Repaid thee by thy people's smiles!





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