Charlotte Turner Smith
          
Elegiac sonnets. Volume 1 of 2
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SONG.
DOES Pity give, tho' Fate denies,
         And to my wounds her balm impart?
O speak! with those expressive eyes;
         Let one low sigh escape thine heart.

The gazing crowd shall never guess
         What anxious, watchful Love can see;
Nor know what those soft looks express,
         Nor dream that sigh is meant for me.

Ah! words are useless, words are vain,
         Thy generous sympathy to prove;
And well, that sigh, those looks explain
         That Clara mourns my hapless love.
 
 
 
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