Living
Come round me and weep, to your hearts take despair
From A Collection of Songs, Selected from the Works of Mr. Dibdin (1790)
Living
Come round me and weep, to your hearts take despair:
'Tis a cause that all nature must mourn,
Poor Hylas of love who from all had a share,
From our wishes for ever is torn.
That Hylas to whom we look'd up for a smile,
As we blessings from heaven would obtain,
Whose form was so faultless, whose tongue knew no guile,
Is gone, and our wishes are vain.
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Dibdin, Charles. “Come round me and weep, to your hearts take despair.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dibdin/13/.
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Dibdin, Charles. “Come round me and weep, to your hearts take despair.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dibdin/13/.
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