Hebrew Melodies (Byron, 1815)/Oh! snatched away in beauty's bloom

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Hebrew Melodies
by George Gordon Byron
Oh! snatched away in beauty's bloom
3935640Hebrew Melodies — Oh! snatched away in beauty's bloomGeorge Gordon Byron
OH! SNATCHED AWAY IN BEAUTY'S BLOOM.

I.
Oh! snatched away in beauty's bloom,
On thee shall press no ponderous tomb;
But on thy turf shall roses rear
Their leaves, the earliest of the year;
And the wild cypress wave in tender gloom:

II.
And oft by yon blue gushing stream
Shall Sorrow lean her drooping head,
And feed deep thought with many a dream,
And lingering pause and lightly tread;
Fond wretch! as if her step disturb'd the dead!

III.
Away; we know that tears are vain,
That death nor heeds nor hears distress:
Will this unteach us to complain?
Or make one mourner weep the less?
And thou—who tell'st me to forget,
Thy looks are wan, thine eyes are wet.