Living

Come round me and weep, to your hearts take despair

by Charles Dibdin 1745–1814

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.

MLA

Dibdin, Charles. “Come round me and weep, to your hearts take despair.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dibdin/13/.

Chicago

Dibdin, Charles. “Come round me and weep, to your hearts take despair.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dibdin/13/.

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