Part 2 — WHAT’S A TEAR?
Reading edition
A BALLAD.
SUNG BY MRS. SEGUIN,
COMPOSED BY
M. W. BALFE.
Presented By GEORGE WILLIG, No. 171 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.
What’s a tear? Mother dear!
Look not thou in sorrow!
As at dawn, from the thorn,
Falls the dew my Mother,
Let this grief find relief,
I’ll not weep tomorrow!
His I’ll be, none shall see
How I love another,
How I love,—love another!
SECOND VERSE.
As the rose, while it blows,
Hidden canker weareth;
Sigh shall ne’er whisper here,
How this heart despaireth:
What’s a tear? Mother dear!
His I’ll be, Oh Mother!
Though I die, since on high
I may love another.
How I love another.
Transcriber’s Notes:
Archaic spellings and hyphenation have been retained as well as some spellings peculiar to Graham’s. Punctuation has been corrected without note. Other 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 iii, Story. Lydia Jane ==> Story. By Lydia Jane
page 1, Rensellaer who commanded, ==> Rensselaer who commanded,
page 2, Coffin, an aid of ==> Coffin, an aide of
page 2, escape occured to ==> escape occurred to
page 2, promoted) and a gallant ==> promoted) a gallant
page 2, serve as marines. ==> serve as marine.
page 4, proceeded to Fort Levenworth ==> proceeded to Fort Leavenworth
page 6, accompanied the cortegé ==> accompanied the cortège
page 15, his griping fingers, ==> his gripping fingers,
page 24, them pleasant excursions ==> them on pleasant excursions
page 29, blood tinging its ==> blood tingeing its
page 35, my tiny bark, unguided ==> my tiny barque, unguided
page 41, varient circumstances ==> variant circumstances
page 43, desire ought but that ==> desire aught but that
page 45, sort of wrapt awe ==> sort of rapt awe
page 51, wordly prosperity could ==> worldly prosperity could
page 60, heartless coquetery? Or ==> heartless coquetry? Or
page 61, concering it. There ==> concerning it. There
page 65, John their confident ==> John their confidant
page 65, irruption of Vesuvius ==> eruption of Vesuvius
page 66, kissed him affectionatly ==> kissed him affectionately
page 68, confident of his sorrows ==> confidant of his sorrows
page 68, by some occurences ==> by some occurrences
page 68, (how appaling that ==> (how appalling that
page 70, “mallability of metals,” ==> “malleability of metals,”
page 70, propotion to the chances ==> proportion to the chances