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The sky-lark - National Library of Scotland

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198 THE SKY-LARK.<br />

Above, tho' opprest by my fate,<br />

I burn with contempt for my foes,<br />

Tho' fortune has alter 'd my state.<br />

She ne'er can subdue me to those.<br />

False woman ! in ages to come<br />

Thy malice detested shall be,<br />

And when we are cold in the tomb,<br />

Some heart still will sorrow for me.<br />

Ye ro<strong>of</strong>s, where cold damps and dismay<br />

With silence and solitude dwell,<br />

How comfortless passes the day<br />

How sad tolls the evening bell!<br />

<strong>The</strong> owls from the battlements cry,<br />

Hollow wind seems to murmur around,<br />

' O, Mary, prepare thee to die,'<br />

My blood it runs cold at the sound.<br />

BRAVURA.<br />

Haste, haste, nor lose the favouring hour,<br />

Thy victim now is in thy power,<br />

Hell's dark'ning chains at length have found him.<br />

Soon his soul repenting will strive to fly,<br />

But struggling is vain,<br />

When hell links the chain,<br />

Oh, nought can break the fetters round him<br />

Revenge! revenge! thy triumph is nigh.<br />

!<br />

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