THE FAREWELL, A SONG. Anne Hunter (née Home) Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Hunter, Anne Home (Mrs. John), 1742-1821. Poems, by Mrs. John Hunter. London Printed for T. Payne, Mews Gate, by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street 1802 p. 95.

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THE FAREWELL , A SONG . FAR from hope , and lost to pleasure , Haste away to war's alarms ! Sad I leave my soul's dear treasure For the dismal din of arms . But , ah ! for thee , I follow glory , To gain thy love I dare to die ; And when my comrades tell my story , Thou shalt lament me with a sigh . All my griefs will then be over , Sunk in death's eternal rest ; You may regret a faithful lover , Though you refuse to make him bless'd . Bestow a tear of kind compassion To grace a hapless soldier's tomb ; And , ah ! forgive a fatal passion , Which reason could not overcome .