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First Line: There is a sigh - that half supprest
Last Line: That last, worst pang, fond love's despair.
Alternate Author Name(s): Rolls, Henry, Mrs.
Subject(s): Love - Complaints; Sighs


There is a sigh -- that half supprest,
Seems scarce to heave the bosom fair;
It rises from the spotless breast,
The first fair dawn of tender care.

There is a sigh -- so soft, so sweet,
It breathes not from the lip of woe;
'T is heard where conscious lovers meet.
Whilst yet untold young passions glow.

There is a sigh -- short, deep and strong,
That on the lip of rapture dies;
It floats mild evening's shade along,
When meet the fond consenting eyes.

There is a sigh -- that speaks regret,
Yet seems scarce conscious of its pain;
It tells of bliss remember'd yet,
Of bliss that ne'er must wake again.

There is a sigh -- that, deeply breathed,
Bespeaks the bosom's secret woe;
It says the flowers which Love had wreathed,
Are wither'd, ne'er again to blow.

There is a sigh -- that slowly swells,
Then deeply breathes its load of care;
It speaks that in that bosom dwells
That last, worst pang, fond love's despair.





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