Song.—The transient time

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The transient time, for ever past,

 How shall I dare review!—

The fatal day we parted last,

 And wept out last adieu!

Alas! that day has swell'd to years—

That sorrow to a sea of tears!


I would the mournful thoughts would fly,

 Regretted, loved in vain,

Among the dreams of memory

 That never come again!—

Would their remembrance might decay,

Swept like the autumn leaves away!

© Louisa Stuart Costello