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. [87]-88.

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SONG These words were written to a Welsh tune about to be published by Mr. Thomson of Edinburgh , ( the editor of a very valuable collection of Scotch airs , ) along with several other Welsh tunes ; with symphonies and accompaniments by Haydn , composed in his best manner . YES , thou art changed since first we met , But think not I shall e'er regret , Though never can my heart forget , The charms that once were thine : For , Marian , well the cause I know That stole the lustre from thine eye ; That proved thy beauty's secret foe , And bade thy bloom and spirits fly : What laid thy health , my Marian , low , Was anxious care of mine . O'er my sick couch I saw thee bend The duteous wife , the tender friend , And each capricious wish attend With soft , incessant care . Then trust me , love , that pallid face Can boast a sweeter charm for me , A truer , tenderer , dearer grace Than blooming health bestowed on thee ; .... For there thy well-tried love I see , And read my blessings there .