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'Oh hide me from the sun I loath the sight	A
I cannot bear his bright obtrusive ray	B
Nought is so dreadful to my gloom as light	A
Nothing so dismal as the blaze of day	B
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No more may I its sparkling glories view	C
No more its piercing lustre meet my eye	D
On night's black wings my only comfort flew	C
At breath of morn I sicken and I die	D
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Where can I fly In what sequester'd clime	E
Does darkness ever hold her ebon reign	F
Where woeful dirges measure out the time	E
And endless echoes breathe the sullen strain	F
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Where dreary mountains rear their low'ring heads	G
To pierce the heavy and umbrageous clouds	H
And where the cavern dewy moisture sheds	G
And night's thick veil the guilty mourner shrouds	H
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There lost in horrors I might vent my sighs	I
To open misery myself resign	J
Might snatch each torturing vision ere it flies	I
And feast on prospects desolate as mine	J
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Oh let me thither quickly take my flight	A
And chuse a favourite and a final seat	K
In scenes which would each gentler mind affright	K
But for my guilt affords a fit retreat	K
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There where no ray no gleam of light could come	E
There and there only could I find relief	L
There might I ruminate on Edward's doom	E
And lose myself in luxury of grief	L
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And as it is though joys around me shine	J
Though pleasure here erects her dazzling brow	M
Wrapt in despondence will I droop and pine	J
And tears of anguish shall for ever flow	N
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Oh Edward could'st thou see this alter'd frame	E
Which youthful graces lately did adorn	O
Could'st thou behold and think me still the same	E
Thy once gay friend thus hapless and forlorn	O
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The cheek so late by ruddy health embrown'd	K
Now pale and faded with incessant tears	P
The eye which once elate disdain'd the ground	K
Now sunk and languid in its orb appears	Q
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Oh never never will I cease to grieve	R
And sure repentance pardon may obtain	F
Can woe unfeign'd incite heav'n to relieve	R
A wretch opprest with agonizing pain	F
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Ah no my hands are stain'd with brother's blood	K
A father's curses load my sinking head	K
I wish to die but dare not pass the flood	K
For there as well as here my hopes are fled	K
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Sleep which was meant to chase away the thought	K
To lull the sound of dissonant despair	S
Appears to me with added terrors fraught	K
And my torn heart can find no refuge there	S
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If for a moment I its fetters wear	S
And its soft pressure these pale eyes controul	N
I injur'd Emma's just reproaches hear	T
Or Edward's form appals my shrinking soul	N
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When in those transitory sleeps I lie	N
I oft his beauteous bleeding form review	C
A mild benignant lustre lights his eye	N
As come to bid a friend a last adieu	C
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I start I shudder at his tuneful voice	U
When it in soothing whispers meets my ear	T
That sound which oft has made my heart rejoice	U
I now all trembling and affrighted hear	T
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Was it thy fault dear much lamented youth	V
If lovely Emma did thy suit prefer	W
She saw thee form'd of tenderness and truth	V
And kings might glory to be lov'd by her	W
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Thy native sweetness won her artless heart	K
And well our different characters she knew	C
Whilst thy mild looks did happiness impart	K
She saw the murderer in each glance I threw	C
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Yet for this meanly did I thee upbraid	K
And basely urg'd an elder brother's right	K
Then calling impious passion to my aid	K
Forc'd thee unwilling to the fatal fight	K
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Oh ne'er shall I forget the dreadful hour	W
I sheath'd my weapon in thy noble breast	K
Thy dying hand clasp'd mine with feeble pow'r	X
And to thy mangled bosom fondly prest	K
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Whilst o'er thee I in speechless anguish hung	Y
Thou saw'st the wild distraction of my eye	N
And though the chills of death restrain'd thy tongue	Y
Thy bosom heav'd a sympathetic sigh	N
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With cruel tenderness my friends contriv'd	K
To bear me from the drear polluted shore	Z
Of every joy of peace itself depriv'd	K
Which this despairing breast shall know no more	Z
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Since this what frenzy has inspir'd my mind	K
My tortur'd mem'ry cannot it retrace	A2
No relique now of former days I find	K
But horrors which e'en madness can't efface	A2
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My dearest brother and my tenderest friend	K
O come and save me from this dark abyss	B2
Draw hence the darts which my rack'd bosom rend	K
And bear me with you to the realms of bliss	B2
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Ah whence that pang which smote my shuddering heart	K
Where now for refuge can lost Anselm fly	N
'Tis Death I know him by his crimson dart	K
And am I fit Oh heav'ns I cannot die	N
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My spirit is not form'd for rapid flight	K
It cannot cut the vast expanse of air	S
No never can it reach the realms of light	K
For sin a weight immoveable lies there '	-
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Thus wretched Anselm rav'd unhappy youth	V
Though passion hurried thee so far astray	B
Thy infant soul ador'd the God of Truth	V
And virtue usher'd in thy vernal day	B
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Oh had he learn'd his passions to restrain	F
And let cool reason in his breast preside	K
His op'ning wisdom had not bloom'd in vain	F
Nor had he ere the prime of manhood died	K
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Yet if remorse could expiate his guilt	K
If the worst sufferings could the crime erase	A2
If tears could wash away the blood he spilt	K
Then Anselm's penitence obtain'd him grace	A2
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AUGUST	K

Matilda Betham

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