SELECTED POETRY LOVELY GABRIELLE. (From the French of King Henry IV.)
Fair miatreßS of nay heart, Fatne nail* me to the wars ; Pierced b Luvc'o laoal dart, I j >iv thy train of Mars. Sod day! Cruel parting! My lot I deplore ; Oh, may I lire uo longer, Or love novor more I Love, like a captain brave, ba^ my aileKianoe won. Ana wh r-ji his b mi. era wave Thy b« auty calls me on. Sad d«,> ! Cruel parting ! My lot I deplore : Oh, may I live no longer, Or love never more ! If thy name, fair Gabrielle, My standard only bore, My fame and f. ar should dwell On Spain's mo-t distant shore I Bad day '. Cruel parting ! My lot, I deplore : Oh. may I live no longer, Or love never more ! Of my valour's guerdon thine Ib evei more the better part ; If Conquest's crown be mine, Thou the crosvn hast of my heart, cad day I Cruel parting ! M> lot I deplore ; Too short is our life here For love's richest ttore ! Alhs ! thou fairest etnr, Fiomthy light 1 must fly: Shall 1 come back from afar, Or afar ehall I die ? Sad day ! Cruel partino ! My lot I deplore ; Too ehoi t 1b our life here For love'a richest store ! Thp warlike drrms are beat. The fifes and tru i pets blown ; But the eclats 6 till repeat These mournful words alone: Sad uay ! Cruel parting ! My ot I deplore ; Too short is our life here For love's richest store !
Jons L. Kelly.
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Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 183, 18 December 1886, Page 5
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258SELECTED POETRY LOVELY GABRIELLE. (From the French of King Henry IV.) Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 183, 18 December 1886, Page 5
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