OH, LET THY LOCKS UNBRAIDED FALL.
Reading edition
WRITTEN BY
JOHN W. WATSON. ESQ.
MUSIC COMPOSED FOR “GRAHAM’S MAGAZINE,” BY
JOHN A. JANKE, JR.,
Professor of Music.
Oh! let thy locks unbraided fall,
To-night no gems must check their flow,
And I will pledge thee for the ball.
What hearts will bend in homage low,
Yes,
lower far than though they held
The fabled wealth of Indies’ main
Or were Golconda’s mines compelled
To yield their brilliant train——
Thus did they fall when first I saw
What since has made me dream by day,
And thus when I in triumph bore
That one loved, straggling tress away.
Then do not bind with gems or gold,
Its dark, voluptuous, rolling swell,
But let those folds lie uncontrolled
I’ve learned to love so well.
Transcriber’s Notes:
Archaic spellings and hyphenation have been retained. 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 134, whist the broad ==> whilst the broad
page 135, loadstone of all eyes, ==> lodestone of all eyes,
page 135, of the rael grit ==> of the real grit
page 135, several pedlars had ==> several pedlers had
page 138, the inspecter, having ==> the inspector, having
page 139, with a blithsome ==> with a blithesome
page 142, the cheeerful hearth ==> the cheerful hearth
page 150, her trelliced window ==> her trellised window
page 151, bourne were we must ==> bourne where we must
page 153, chords that bound ==> cords that bound
page 154, all thoughless did begin ==> all thoughtless did begin
page 156, Carroling like free-born ==> Caroling like free-born
page 160, room where their is a ==> room where there is a
page 162, the unenlighted classes at ==> the unenlightened classes at
page 164, pardon my degression, ==> pardon my digression,
page 165, of N. aristrocracy who ==> of N. aristocracy who
page 167, and was the only ==> and it was the only
page 168, Do you hear my my boast ==> Do you hear my boast
page 169, ribbonds and roses; ==> ribbons and roses;
page 171, impertinent listner,” she ==> impertinent listener,” she
page 173, creaturs while I am ==> creatures while I am
page 179, trosach, dell and valley, ==> trossach, dell and valley,
page 180, a clump of hazles ==> a clump of hazels
page 182, in the cortégé, I ==> in the cortège, I
page 183, solace to our lonelienss; ==> solace to our loneliness;
page 184, of the swoln heart rise ==> of the swollen heart rise
page 185, be one of unparalelled ==> be one of unparalleled
page 189, corn and beach-nuts, ==> corn and beech-nuts,