"Departing Love" page 1

Departing Love With much delight I think of thee, How'er far away; I crave no other than to see, And thru my love betray I yet my early hopes retain, Farewell, till hence we meet again. O no, I never shall forget My pleasures heretofore; Thy beauties fly before me yet, And hence I love thee more; Sweeter is pleasures after pain Farewell, until we meet again. Lovers may languish when they part, But shortly after meet; 'Tis pain to think and death to part; Still love continues sweet; No flight shall break affections chain, Farewell, till hence we meet again; I look back with a humid eye, And drop departure's tear; And from my bosom heave a sigh; Fore our beloved so dear; Greatest mistress of thy train Farewell, till hence we meet again. by Haughton "The colored bard of N. Carolina" August 1st 1851 Chapel Hill