OH HAVE I NOT BEEN TRUE TO THEE:
Reading edition
A SONG,
WRITTEN AND ADAPTED TO A BEAUTIFUL MELODY,
BY JOHN H. HEWITT.
Presented by G. Willig, No. 171 Chestnut St. Published by G. Willig Jr. Baltimore.
[Copyright secured.]
Oh! have I not been true to thee,
In joy and sorrow still the same?
Has e’en your coldness altered me,
Or sternness check’d my bosom’s
flame?
Thou’st bid me hush my plaintive song,
And still my lute’s wild melody;
Yet, yet its strain will float along,
Oh! have I not been true to thee?
SECOND VERSE.
Thy falcon now has thy caress,
Thy hound leaps gladly to thy beck;
But she who loves to wild excess
Cannot one pulse of feeling wake.
This should not be, I cannot brook
The icy smile thou givest me;
There’s death in each reproachful look—
Oh! have I not been true to thee?
Transcriber’s Notes:
Archaic spellings and hyphenation have been retained. Punctuation has been corrected without note. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected as noted below. For illustrations, some caption text may be missing or incomplete due to condition of the originals used for preparation of the ebook.
page 160, Chesapeak in superior ==> Chesapeake in superior
page 167, Shown flickeringly ==> Shone flickeringly
page 171, the guilded baubles ==> the gilded baubles
page 180, the honey accacia ==> the honey acacia
page 181, accacia and Canadian ==> acacia and Canadian
page 185, see, we wil see ==> see, we will see
page 186, knights and stalwort ==> knights and stalwart
page 186, picture was purched ==> picture was purchased
page 188, have past by ==> have passed by
page 197, à la Brigadiere ==> à la Brigadière
page 197, a trois morteaux ==> à trois marteaux
page 199, at the widow ==> at the window
page 201, derriere, pretty well ==> derrière, pretty well
page 201, havn’t been looking ==> haven’t been looking
page 204, Highflier, Esquire, descended ==> Highflyer, Esquire, descended
page 205, table with atonishment ==> table with astonishment
page 210, sheltering bows to ==> sheltering boughs to
page 211, chef-de’œuvre ==> chef-d’œuvre
page 211, My whithered heart ==> My withered heart
page 215, of the Inca’s ==> of the Incas
page 215, thoroughly innoculated ==> thoroughly inoculated