The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Volume 14, No. 402, Supplementary Number (1829) by Various
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She flies to the window when Arundel rings:
She's all over smiles when Lord Archibald sings; It's plain that her Cupid has two pair of wings; Where is she gone, where is she gone? Her love and my love are different things: And I--am left all alone! I brought her, one morning, a rose for her brow Where is she gone, where is she gone? She told me such horrors were never worn now: And I--am left all alone! But I saw her at night with a rose in her hair, And I guess who it came from,--of course I don't care! We all know that girls are as false us they're fair; Where is she gone, where is she gone? I'm sure the lieutenant's a horrible bear; And I--am left all alone! Whenever we go on the Downs for a ride, Where is she gone, where is she gone? She looks for another to trot by her side: And I--am left all alone! And whenever I take her down stairs from a ball, She nods to some puppy to put on her shawl: I'm a peaceable man, and I don't like a brawl: Where is she gone, where is she gone? But I would give a trifle to horsewhip them all: And I--am left all alone! She tells me her mother belongs to the sect, |
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