Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume III. Sorrow and Consolation. 1904. | | | | II. Parting and Absence | | Robin Adair | | Lady Caroline Keppel (c. 1734–1769) |
| | | WHAT ’S this dull town to me? | |
| Robin ’s not near,— | |
| He whom I wished to see, | |
| Wished for to hear; | |
| Where ’s all the joy and mirth | 5 |
| Made life a heaven on earth, | |
| O, they ’re all fled with thee, | |
| Robin Adair! | |
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| What made the assembly shine? | |
| Robin Adair: | 10 |
| What made the ball so fine? | |
| Robin was there: | |
| What, when the play was o’er, | |
| What made my heart so sore? | |
| O, it was parting with | 15 |
| Robin Adair! | |
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| But now thou art far from me, | |
| Robin Adair; | |
| But now I never see | |
| Robin Adair; | 20 |
| Yet him I loved so well | |
| Still in my heart shall dwell; | |
| O, I can ne’er forget | |
| Robin Adair! | |
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| Welcome on shore again, | 25 |
| Robin Adair! | |
| Welcome once more again, | |
| Robin Adair! | |
| I feel thy trembling hand; | |
| Tears in thy eyelids stand, | 30 |
| To greet thy native land, | |
| Robin Adair! | |
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| Long I ne’er saw thee, love, | |
| Robin Adair; | |
| Still I prayed for thee, love, | 35 |
| Robin Adair; | |
| When thou wert far at sea, | |
| Many made love to me, | |
| But still I thought on thee, | |
| Robin Adair. | 40 |
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| Come to my heart again, | |
| Robin Adair; | |
| Never to part again, | |
| Robin Adair; | |
| And if thou still art true, | 45 |
| I will be constant too, | |
| And will wed none but you, | |
| Robin Adair! | | | | |
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