III. Tell him to smile again In Pleasure's dazzling throng, To wear another's chain, To praise another's song. I'd have him bend his knee, And breathe to her the prayer He used to breathe to me. IV. And tell him, day by day Although I pray for him. Come to our favourite tree; Then let him sigh for me! JULY 20, 1829. WHERE IS MISS MYRTLE ? AIR-"Sweet Kitty Clover." I. WHERE is Miss Myrtle? can any one tell? And I-am left all alone! She flies to the window when Arundel rings,- Her love and my love are different things; I brought her, one morning, a rose for her brow; She told me such horrors were never worn now: But I saw her at night with a rose in her hair, And I guess who it came from-of course I don't care! VOL. II. BB We all know that girls are as false as they're fair ; Where is she gone, where is she gone? I'm sure the lieutenant's a horrible bear: And I am left all alone! III. Whenever we go on the Downs for a ride, And whenever I take her downstairs from a ball, But I would give a trifle to horsewhip them all ; IV. She tells me her mother belongs to the sect, Which holds that all waltzing is quite incorrect : But a fire's in my heart, and a fire's in my brain, Where is she gone, where is she gone? And, Lord! since the summer she's grown very plain ; And I-am left all alone! 371 V. She said that she liked me a twelvemonth ago; And how should I guess that she'd torture me so? Some day she'll find out it was not very wise 1831. THE CONFESSION. I. FATHER-Father-I confess- In my ear the prayer he prayed But the answer that I made Father-I forget! Ora pro me! II. Father-Father-I confess Precious gifts he brought; Satin sandal, silken dress; But the gaud I gave to him— Father-I forget! Ora pro me! |