FAREWELL, thou stream that winding flows
Around Elizas dwelling;
O memry! spare the cruel thoes
Within my bosom swelling.
Condemnd to drag a hopeless chain
And yet in secret languish;
To feel a fire in every vein,
Nor dare disclose my anguish.
Loves veriest wretch, unseen, unknown,
I fain my griefs would cover;
The bursting sigh, th unweeting groan,
Betray the hapless lover.
I know thou doomst me to despair,
Nor wilt, nor canst relieve me;
But, O Eliza, hear one prayer
For pitys sake forgive me!
The music of thy voice I heard,
Nor wist while it enslavd me;
I saw thine eyes, yet nothing feard,
Till fears no more had savd me:
Th unwary sailor thus, aghast
The wheeling torrent viewing,
Mid circling horrors sinks at last,
In overwhelming ruin.
