SONG. Amelia Opie (née Alderson) 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. Opie, Amelia Alderson, 1769-1853. The Warrior's Return, and Other Poems. By Mrs. Opie. 2d. ed. London Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternoster-row 1808 pp. [51]-52.

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SONG . I AM wearing away like the snow in the sun , I am wearing away from the pain in my heart ; But ne'er shall he know , who my peace has undone , How bitter , how lasting , how deep is my smart . I know he would pity — so kind is his soul , To him my affliction would agony be ; But never , while I can my feelings control , The youth whom I love shall know sorrow through me . Though longing to weep , in his presence I'll smile , Call the flush of my cheek the pure crimson of health ; His fears for my peace by my song I'll beguile , Nor venture to gaze on his eyes but by stealth . For conscious I am , by my glance is exprest The passion that faithful as hopeless will be , And he , whom , alas ! I can ne'er render blest , Shall never , no never , know sorrow through me .