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AN AUNT'S LAMENTATION FOR THE ABSENCE OF HER NIECE.
WRITTEN FROM HASTINGS.
1 Like as the dove I sit alone,
2 Dejected, pale, and wan,
3 Without a friend to hear me moan
4 The loss of Marianne.
5 Now on the raging deep I gaze,
6 And all it's wonders scan,
7 Yet still my thoughts revert always
8 To thee, my Marianne.
9 Now o'er my book, my work I pore,
10 But do whate'er I can,
11 My book, my work will charm no more,
12 I've lost my Marianne.
[Page 57]13 The other morn the fifers play'd,
14 I to the window ran,
15 And as the music pass'd, I said,
16 Where, where is Marianne?
17 Oft as I hear the sailors bawl
18 For Susan or for Nan,
19 Alas, I cry, Oh that a call
20 Would bring me Marianne!
21 Now on the beach forlorn I stray,
22 Nor know the face of man,
23 Yet all would please, each scene be gay,
24 Had I my Marianne.
25 With her each hour I could employ,
26 And still new pleasures plan,
27 For ev'ry hour 'twould be my joy
28 To please my Marianne.
[Page 58]29 Ah could I view her face I'd fly
30 From Beersheba to Dan,
31 No land, no sea beneath the sky
32 Should part my Marianne.
About this text
Title (in Source Edition): AN AUNT'S LAMENTATION FOR THE ABSENCE OF HER NIECE. WRITTEN FROM HASTINGS.
Author: Mary Alcock (née Cumberland)
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occasional poem
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Alcock [née Cumberland], Mary, 1741?–1798. Poems, &c. &c. by the Late Mrs. Mary Alcock [poems only]. London: Printed for C. Dilly, Poultry, 1799, pp. 56-58. vii,[25],183,[1]p. (ESTC T86344) (Page images digitized by University of Michigan Library.)
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Typography, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation have been cautiously modernized. The source of the text is given and all significant editorial interventions have been recorded in textual notes. This ECPA text has been edited to conform to the recommendations found in Level 5 of the Best Practices for TEI in Libraries version 4.0.0.
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- THE ROSE TREE AND THE POPPY. A FABLE. ()
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