THE STAR OF EDEN VALE Rebekah Carmichael (later Hay) 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. T104666 Carmichael, Miss (Rebekah) (fl. 1790-1806). Poems. Edinburgh Peter Hill 1790 pp. 33-34. 92p.

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THE STAR OF EDEN VALE Why stands the tear in Jessie's eye ? Why does Maria weep and wail ? With grief they scarcely can reply , " We've lost the Star of Eden vale . " For him all nature seems to mourn ; We hear a voice in ev'ry gale ; He never , never will return , The lovely Star of Eden vale . In yonder grove a maiden lies , Ah ! she could tell thee such a tale ! Look not , Maria , with surprise , Dim is the Star of Eden vale . But why should I this tale relate , Or what can sighs or tears avail ? Curse on a rival's ruthless hate , Fall'n is the Star of Eden vale . But I'll forbear to tell her name , For that would turn Maria pale ; Yet never was she heard to blame , But bless the Star of Eden vale . With languid look , at close of day , She walks alone by hill and dale ; And oft I've heard her sighing say , The Sun is set in Eden vale .