may 13, 1844 - Lovely Maid

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Lovely maid the fields invite you
let us taste the smiling morn
let the warbling birds delight you
chanting from the flow’ry thorn

’Twas not beauty’s smile that charmed me
playing o’er thy dimpled face
’twas no transient flame that warm’d me
which can change with time or place

Where the purling streams are flowing me
the banks adorn’d with flow’rs
lovely maid thy care foregoing
let us chase these gloomy hours.

’Tis thy mental charms that bind me
’twas thy virtue won my heart
cast thy jealous cares behind thee
bid thy boding fears depart.

Sorrow grief and care should never dwell
where love and faith reside
time nor place our truth shall sever
no rude hand our love divide
no rude hand our love divide
no rude hand our love divide.

Love that’s kindred by the graces
some new passion may estrange
but th’impression virtue traces
time nor place shall ever change
time nor place shall ever change
time nor place shall ever change.

- Philip Trajetta

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