Margaret’s Room.
Margaret alone, at a Spinning-wheel.
Margaret. My rest is gone, My heart is sore; Peace find I never, And nevermore.
Where he is not Life is the tomb, The world is bitterness And gloom.
Crazed is my poor Distracted brain, My thread of thought Is rent in twain.
My rest is gone, My heart is sore; Peace find I never, And never more.
I look from the window For none but him, I go abroad For only him.
His noble air, His bearing high, The smile of his mouth, The might of his eye,
And, when he speaks, What flow of bliss! The clasp of his hand, And ah! his kiss!
My rest is gone, My heart is sore; Peace find I never, And nevermore.
My bosom swells, And pants for him, O that I might clasp him, And cling to him! And kiss him, and kiss him The live-long day, And on his kisses Melt away!
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