Behold The Hour, The Boat Arrive
behold the hour, the boat arrive behold the hour, the boat arrive; thou goest, the darling of my heart; sever'd from thee, i survive, but fate has will'd and we must part. i'll oftehe surging swell, yon distant isle will often hail: “e'en here i took the last farewell; there, latest mark'd her vanish'd sail.” along the solitary shore, while flitting sea-fowl round me cry, across the rolling, dashing roar, i'll westward turn my wistful eye: “happy thou indian grove,” i'll say, “where now my nancy's path may be! while thro' thy sweets she loves to stray, o tell me, does she muse on me!”