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Ah pity all the pangs I feel	A
If pity e'er ye knew	B
An aged father's wounds to heal	A
Through scenes of death I flew	B
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Perhaps my hast'ning steps are vain	C
Perhaps the warrior dies	D
Yet let me soothe each parting pain	C
Yet lead me where he lies	D
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Thus to the list'ning band she calls	E
Nor fruitless her desire	F
They lead her panting to the walls	E
That hold her captive sire	F
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And is a daughter come to bless	G
These aged eyes once more	H
Thy father's pains will now be less	G
His pains will now be o'er	F
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My father by this waning lamp	I
Thy form I faintly trace	J
Yet sure thy brow is cold and damp	I
And pale thy honour'd face	J
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In vain thy wretched child is come	K
She comes too late to save	L
And only now can share thy doom	M
And share thy peaceful grave	L
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Soft as amid the lunar beams	N
The falling shadows bend	O
Upon the bosom of the streams	N
So soft her tears descend	O
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Those tears a father ill can bear	P
He lives my child for thee	Q
A gentle youth with pitying care	P
Has lent his aid to me	Q
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Born in the western world his hand	R
Maintains its hostile cause	S
And fierce against Britannia's band	R
His erring sword he draws	T
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Yet feels the captive Briton's woe	U
For his ennobled mind	V
Forgets the name of Britain's foe	U
In love of human kind	V
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Yet know my child a dearer tie	W
Has link'd his heart to mine	X
He mourns with Friendship's holy sigh	W
The youth belov'd of thine	X
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But hark his welcome feet are near	Y
Thy rising grief suppress	G
By darkness veil'd he hastens here	Z
To comfort and to bless	G
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Stranger for that dear father's sake	A2
She cried in accents mild	B2
Who lives by thy kind pity take	A2
The blessings of his child	B2
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O if in heaven my EDWARD'S breast	C2
This deed of mercy knew	B
That gives my tortur'd bosom rest	C2
He sure would bless thee too	B
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Ah tell me where my lover fell	D2
The fatal scene recall	E2
His last dear accents stranger tell	D2
O haste and tell me all	E2
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Say if he gave to love the sigh	W
That set his spirit free	Q
Say did he raise his closing eye	W
As if it sought for me	Q
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Ask not her father cried to know	U
What known were added pain	C
Nor think my child the tale of woe	U
Thy softness can sustain	C
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Though every joy with EDWARD fled	F2
When EDWARD'S friend is near	Y
It soothes my breaking heart she said	F2
To tell those joys were dear	Y
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The western ocean roll'd in vain	C
Its parting waves between	G2
My EDWARD brav'd the dang'rous main	C
And bless'd our native scene	G2
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Soft Isis heard his artless tale	H2
Ah stream for ever dear	Y
Whose waters as they pass'd the vale	H2
Receiv'd a lover's tear	P
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How could a heart that virtue lov'd	I2
And sure that heart is mine	X
Lamented youth behold unmov'd	J2
The virtues that were thine	X
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Calm as the surface of the lake	A2
When all the winds are still	K2
Mild as the beams of morning break	A2
When first they light the hill	K2
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So calm was his unruffled soul	L2
Where no rude passion strove	M2
So mild his soothing accents stole	L2
Upon the ear of love	N2
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Where are the dear illusions fled	F2
Which sooth'd my former hours	O2
Where is the path that fancy spread	F2
Ah vainly spread with flowers	O2
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I heard the battle's fearful sounds	P2
They seem'd my lover's knell	D2
I heard that pierc'd with ghastly wounds	Q2
My vent'rous lover fell	D2
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My sorrows shall with life endure	R2
For he I lov'd is gone	S2
But something tells my heart that sure	R2
My life will not be long	T2
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My panting soul can bear no more	H
The youth impatient cried	U2
'Tis EDWARD bids thy griefs be o'er	F
My love my destin'd bride	U2
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The life which Heav'n preserv'd how blest	C2
How fondly priz'd by me	Q
Since dear to my AMELIA'S breast	C2
Since valued still by thee	Q
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My father saw my constant pain	C
When thee I left behind	V
Nor longer will his power restrain	C
The ties my soul would bind	V
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And soon thy honor'd sire shall cease	V2
The captive's lot to bear	P
And we my love will soothe to peace	V2
His griefs with filial care	P
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Then come for ever to my soul	L2
AMELIA come and prove	W2
How calm our blissful years will roll	L2
Along a life of love	N2

Helen Maria Williams

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