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Poem
August 4, 1830
Virginia Free Press & Farmers' Repository
Charles Town, Jefferson County, West Virginia
What is this article about?
A song by Thomas H. Bayly depicting a woman dying without blaming her lover who lured her from her island home to face scorn. She welcomes him warmly before his departure with soldiers, then expires alone.
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POETICAL.
SONG.
BY THOMAS H. BAYLY.
She never blamed him, never!
But received him when he came,
With a welcome kind as ever,
And she tried to look the same:
But vainly she dissembled,
For whene'er she tried to smile,
A tear unbidden trembled
In her blue eye all the while.
She knew that she was dying.
And she dreaded not her doom—
She never thought of sighing
O'er her beauty's blighted bloom.
She knew her cheek was altered,
And she knew her eye was dim,
But her sweet voice only faltered
When she spoke of losing him.
'Tis true that he had lured her
From the Isle where she was born—
'Tis true he had inured her
To the cold world's cruel scorn;
But yet she never blamed him
For the anguish she had known,
And though she seldom named him,
She thought of him alone.
She sighed when he caressed her.
For she knew that they must part—
She spoke not when he pressed her
To his young and panting heart.
The banners waved around her.
And she heard the bugle's sound—.
They passed—and strangers found her
Cold and lifeless on the ground.
SONG.
BY THOMAS H. BAYLY.
She never blamed him, never!
But received him when he came,
With a welcome kind as ever,
And she tried to look the same:
But vainly she dissembled,
For whene'er she tried to smile,
A tear unbidden trembled
In her blue eye all the while.
She knew that she was dying.
And she dreaded not her doom—
She never thought of sighing
O'er her beauty's blighted bloom.
She knew her cheek was altered,
And she knew her eye was dim,
But her sweet voice only faltered
When she spoke of losing him.
'Tis true that he had lured her
From the Isle where she was born—
'Tis true he had inured her
To the cold world's cruel scorn;
But yet she never blamed him
For the anguish she had known,
And though she seldom named him,
She thought of him alone.
She sighed when he caressed her.
For she knew that they must part—
She spoke not when he pressed her
To his young and panting heart.
The banners waved around her.
And she heard the bugle's sound—.
They passed—and strangers found her
Cold and lifeless on the ground.
What sub-type of article is it?
Song
Ballad
What themes does it cover?
Love Courtship
Death Mourning
What keywords are associated?
Bayly Song
Tragic Love
Dying Woman
Unblaming Farewell
Military Departure
What entities or persons were involved?
Thomas H. Bayly
Poem Details
Author
Thomas H. Bayly
Key Lines
She Never Blamed Him, Never!
She Knew That She Was Dying.
They Passed—And Strangers Found Her Cold And Lifeless On The Ground.