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