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THE STRUGGLE
1 A Thousand sighs that bursting rise,
2 Bid Strephon here remain,
3 Yet Sally cried, with woman's pride,
4 Oh ne'er return again.
5 Awhile to stand, and take her hand,
6 Besought the blooming swain;
7 Away she flies, and thus replies,
8 Oh ne'er return again.
9 O speak the truth, nor scorn the youth,
10 These struggles are in vain;
11 He goes away, now can you say,
12 Oh ne'er return again.
13 How dark's the night, he's out of sight,
14 Unheard I'll breath my pain;
15 Ye zephyrs sigh, although I die,
16 Oh ne'er return again.
[Page 80]17 Nor e'er reveal how much I feel,
18 In forcing this disdain;
19 Tho' death should tell I lov'd thee well,
20 Oh ne'er return again.
21 This wounded heart, that bleeds to part,
22 Was never us'd to feign;
23 Unmov'd you go, then never know,
24 Oh ne'er return again.
About this text
Author: Rebekah Carmichael (later Hay)
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narrative verse
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Carmichael, Miss (Rebekah) (fl. 1790-1806). Poems. Edinburgh: Peter Hill, 1790, pp. 79-80. 92p. (ESTC T104666) (Page images digitized from a copy at University of California Libraries — third-party rights apply.)
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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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- EPITAPH ()
- A HYMN ()
- THE ILL-FATED LOVER ()
- THE LOVE-LORN MAID ()
- A NIGHT SCENE ()
- ON A LADY ()
- ON A LATE DISTURBANCE IN THE THEATRE ()
- ON A REAL INSTANCE OF DISINTERESTED FRIENDSHIP ()
- ON A YOUNG GENTLEMAN's RETURN FROM JAMAICA ()
- ON A YOUNG LADY ()
- ON A YOUNG LADY, WHO ASKED A NECKLACE OF A GENTLEMAN's HAIR, AND WAS REFUSED ()
- ON MR ****** ()
- ON MR ****** ACTOR ()
- ON RECEIVING A POT OF THYME ()
- ON THE AUTHOR'S BIRTH-DAY ()
- ON THE BIRTH-DAY OF A YOUNG GENTLEMAN IN THE EAST INDIES ()
- ON THE FATE OF CAPTAIN G***** ()
- ON THE ST BERNARD'S CANARY BIRDS ()
- ON THE STUMP OF AN OLD TREE ()
- ON THE SUDDEN DEATH OF A YOUNG GENTLEMAN ()
- A REQUEST ()
- A ROMANTIC SCENE Which happened in the year 1746. ()
- A SONG ()
- A SONG ()
- A SONG ()
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- THE STAR OF EDEN VALE ()
- A TALE ()
- TO CAPTAIN **** ()
- TO MR ***** ()
- THE TOOTH ()
- THE TWA DOWS ()
- THE VILLAIN's SOLILOQUY ()
- WORDS OF COURSE ()
- WRITTEN IN THE HERMITAGE AT BRAID ()
- WRITTEN IN THE HERMITAGE OF BRAID ()
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