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 pp. 98-99.

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SONG . FAR , far from me my love is fled , In a light skiff he tempts the sea , The young desires his sails have spread , And hope his pilot deigns to be . The promis'd land of varied joy , Which so delights his fickle mind , In waking dreams his days employ , While I , poor I , sing to the wind . But young desires grow old and die , And hope no more the helm may steer ; Beneath a dark and stormy sky Shall fall the late repentant tear . While I , within my peaceful grot , May hear the distant tempest roar , Contented with my humble lot , In safety on the friendly shore .