A
CHEERFUL-TEMPERED
LOVER'S
FAREWELL
TO
HIS
MISTRESS
.
THE
light
winds
on
the
streamers
play
That
soon
shall
bear
me
far
away
;
My
comrades
give
the
parting
cheer
,
And
I
alone
have
lingered
here
.
Now
dearest
Phill
,
since
it
will
be
,
And
I
must
bid
farewell
to
thee
—
Since
every
cherished
hope
is
flown
,
Send
me
not
from
thee
with
a
frown
,
But
kindly
let
me
take
thy
hand
,
And
bid
God
bless
me
in
a
foreign
land
.
No
more
I'll
loiter
by
thy
side
,
Well
pleased
thy
gamesome
taunts
to
bide
;
Nor
lover's
gambols
lightly
try
To
make
me
graceful
in
thine
eye
;
Nor
sing
a
merry
roundelay
To
cheer
thee
at
the
close
of
day
.
Yet
ne'ertheless
though
we
must
part
,
I'll
have
thee
still
within
my
heart
;
Still
to
thy
health
my
glass
I'll
fill
,
And
drink
it
with
a
right
good-will
.
Far
hence
upon
a
foreign
shore
,
There
will
I
keep
an
open
door
,
And
there
my
little
fortune
share
With
all
who
ever
breathed
my
native
air
.
And
he
who
once
thy
face
hath
seen
,
Or
ever
near
thy
dwelling
been
,
Shall
freely
push
the
flowing
bowl
And
be
the
master
of
the
whole
.
And
every
woman
,
for
thy
sake
,
Shall
of
my
slender
store
partake
,
Shall
in
my
home
protection
find
,
Thou
fairest
of
a
fickle
kind
!
O
dearly
,
dearly
have
I
paid
,
Thou
little
,
haughty
,
cruel
maid
!
To
give
that
inward
peace
to
thee
Which
thou
hast
ta'en
away
from
me
.
Soft
hast
thou
slept
with
bosom
light
,
While
I
have
watched
the
weary
night
;
And
now
I
cross
the
surgy
deep
That
thou
mayest
still
untroubled
sleep
.
But
in
thine
eyes
what
do
I
see
That
looks
as
though
they
pitied
me
?
I
thank
thee
,
Phillis
;
be
not
sad
,
I
leave
no
blame
upon
thy
head
.
To
gain
thy
gentle
heart
I
strove
,
But
ne'er
was
worthy
of
thy
love
.
And
yet
,
perhaps
,
when
I
shall
dwell
Far
hence
,
thou'lt
sometimes
think
how
well
—
I
dare
not
stay
,
since
we
must
part
,
To
expose
a
fond
and
foolish
heart
;
Where'er
it
goes
,
it
beats
for
you
,
God
bless
ye
,
Phill
,
adieu
!
adieu
!