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SONGS, POEMS, AND VERSES HELEN'S TOWER 'EX&ij iirl Trvpyu) Who hears of Helen's Tower, may dream perchance How the Greek beauty from the Scæan Gate Gazed on old friends unanimous in hate, Death-doom'd because of her fair countenance. Hearts would leap otherwise at thy advance, Lady to whom this Tower is consecrate ! Like hers, thy face once made all eyes elate, Yet, unlike hers, was blessed by every glance. The Tower of Hate is outworn, far and strange : A transitory shame of long ago, It dies into the sand from which it sprang j But thine Love's rock-built Tower, shall fear no change j God's Self laid stable earth's foundations so, When all the morning stars together sang. Robert Browning. April 26, 1870. WilkerABouUllPtSc Al A,,, . J mil/ .AAiffefisn .
A ,.u,,s(Ak) of Ass s. t.l I Songs, Poems, & Verses BY Helen, Lady Dufferin (COUNTESS OF GIFFORD) Edited, with a Memoir and some Account of the Sheridan Family, by her Son THE MARQUESS OF DUFFERIN AND AVA WITH PORTRAIT LONDON JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET Printed ly R. & R. Clark, Edinhurgh CONTENTS PAGE A Sketch of my Mother ..... i The Irish Emigrant ...... 105 Song, April 30, 1833 ...... 109 The Charming Woman . . . . .111 The Mother's Lament, showing how a family resemblance is not always desirable . . 115 The Fine Young English Gentleman, dedicated to Charles Sheridan, Esq., and his fellow clerks at the Admiralty 119 The Bay of Dublin . . . . . .124 Terence's Farewell to Kathleen . . .126 Katey's Letter . . . . . . .128 Sweet Kilkenny Town . . . . .131 Song, from her lover to a Lady with a beautiful nose . . . . . . . .135 Disenchanted . . . . . . 137 Fame . • 14° VI SONGS, POEMS, AND VERSES PAGE Oh sing no more !...... 142 The Change ....... 144 And have I lost Thee? ..... 146 i am weary ....... i48 Chactas' Lament for Atala . . . . 1 50 They bid me forget thee . . . . .152 On my Child's Picture . . . . .154 Lines on a Clock given to my Son . . .158 To my dear Son, on his 21st birthday, with a Silver Lamp, on which was engraved " Fiat lux" 159 To my Son, June 21, 1848 ..... 161 To my Son, Sunday Night, January 14, 1849 • '^5 To my Son, this 23rd January 1849 . . .166 To my Son, with a shabby present, this 21st of June 1852 168 To my dear Son, going to sea in the " Foam," June 21, 1854 '7° To my Son.
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Prologue
TO THE PLAY OF " RICHELIEU " Written for Countess Cowper's children when Richelieu was performed at Wrest. Mr. and Mrs. Craven and Mr. Henry Granville were the principal performers. Lady Emily. The big folks there are in a dreadful fright Lest they should all forget their parts to-night, So they have sent us on in hopes t'engage Your kind indulgence by our tender age, Just as one nation to another sends Smooth-faced ambassadors to make them friends. Lady Florence. But, sister, tell them what your play's about, Some audiences are slow to find that out.
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Lady Emily. Indeed I hardly know — a foolish thing, Something about a Cardinal and King, A love affair, a duel, or a quarrel. Little One. I only hope your piece is strictly moral ? Eldest. O that of course, but come, let's take our places, How full your house is, and what pleasant faces !
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