OH! DOUBT ME NOT.
AIR.-Fellow Wat and the Fox.

I.

OH! doubt me not-the season
Is o'er, when Folly made me rove,
And now the vestal, Reason,

Shall watch the fire awak'd by love.
Altho' this heart was early blown,
And fairest hands disturb'd the tree,
They only shook some blossoms down,
Its fruit has all been kept for thee.
Then doubt me not-the season

Is o'er, when folly made me rove,
And now the vestal, Reason,

Shall watch the fire awak'd by Love.
II.

And tho' my lute no longer

May sing of Passion's ardent spell,
Yet, trust me, all the stronger
I feel the bliss I do not tell.

The bee thro' many a garden roves,

And hums his lay of courtship o'er,
But when he finds the flower he loves,
He settles there, and hums no more.
Then doubt me not-the season
Is o'er when folly kept me free,
And now the vestal, Reason,

Shall guard the flame awak'd by thee.

YOU REMEMBER ELLEN. *
AIR. Were I a Clerk.

I.

You remember ELLEN, our hamlet's pride,
How meekly she bless'd her humble lot,

When the stranger, WILLIAM, had made her his bride,
And love was the light of their lowly cot.
Together they toil'd through winds and rains,
Till WILLIAM at length, in sadness, said,
"We must seek our fortune on other plains ;'
Then, sighing, she left her lowly shed.

*This ballad was suggested by a well-known and interesting story told of a certain noble family in England.

II.

They roam'd a long and a weary way,
Nor much was the maiden's heart at ease,
When now, at close of one stormy day,

They see a proud castle among the trees. “To-night,” said the youth, “we'll shelter there; "The wind blows cold, the hour is late:" So, he blew the horn with a chieftain's air, And the Porter bow'd, as they pass'd the gate.

III.

Now, welcome, Lady!" exclaim'd the youth,— "This castle is thine, and these dark woods all," She believ'd him wild, but his words were truth, For ELLEN is Lady of Rosna Hall!

And dearly the Lord of Rosna loves

What WILLIAM the stranger woo'd and wed; And the light of bliss, in these lordly groves, Is pure as it shone in the lowly shed.

I'D MOURN THE HOPES.

AIR-The Rose Tree.

I.

I'D mourn the hopes that leave me,
If thy smiles had left me too;
I'd weep, when friends deceive me,
If thou wert, like them, untrue,
But while I've thee before me,

With heart so warm and eyes so bright,

No clouds can linger o'er me,

That smile turns them all to light.

II.

"Tis not in fate to harm me,

While fate leaves thy love to me;

"Tis not in joy to charm me,

Unless joy be shared with thee.

One minute's dream about thee
Were worth a long, an endless year

Of waking bliss without thee,

My own love, my only dear!

III.

And, tho' the hope be gone, love,
That long sparkled o'er our way,
Oh! we shall journey on, love,
More safely, without its ray.
Far better lights shall win me
Along the path I've yet to roam.-
The mind, that burns within me,

And pure smiles from thee at home.
IV.

Thus, when the lamp that lighted
The traveller, at first goes out,
He feels awhile benighted,

And looks round, in fear and doubt. But soon the prospect clearing,

By cloudless star-light on he treads, And thinks no lamp so cheering

As that light which Heaven sheds.

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IRISE MELODIES.

No. VI.

COME O'ER THE SEA.

AIR.-Cuishlih ma Chree.

I.

COME o'er the sea,

Maiden! with me,

Mine thro' sunshine, storm, and snows!
Seasons may roll,

But the true soul

Burns the same, where'er it goes.

Let fate frown on, so we love and part not, 'Tis life where thou art, 'tis death where thou art not. Then come o'er the sea,

Maiden! with me,

Come wherever the wild wind blows;

Seasons may roll,

But the true soul

Burns the same, where'er it goes.

Is not the Sea

II.

Made for the Free,

Land for courts and chains alone?

Here we are slaves,

But, on the waves,

Love and Liberty's all our own.

No eye to watch, and no tongue to wound us,
All earth forgot, and all heaven around us-
Then come o'er the sea,

Maiden! with me,

Mine thro' sunshine, storm, and snows!

Seasons may roll,

But the true soul

Burns the same, where'er it goes.