SELECTED POETRY LOVELY GABRIELLE. (FROM The French of King Henry IV.)

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 183, 18 December 1886, Page 6

SELECTED POETRY LOVELY GABRIELLE. (FROM The French of King Henry IV.)

Fair mistress of my heart, F«me i-jillr me to (ha wars ; Pi«jiot d b Iftivc'e latal dart, 1 j 'w thy trmn of Mara. St>d day ! Cruel parting! My lot I deplore ; Oh, ma> I livo no lunger, yr love novot more ! Love, like n captain brave, Jrta> my allegiance won. Ann v\h r - his b mi. era wave Thy l» aut> calls me on. St*d Any ! Cruel parting ! My lot I deplore : Oh. maj 1 3ive no longer, Or love never more 1 If thy name, fair Gabrielle, My tNkina.ird only bore. My fame ard f. ar should dwell On Spam's mo-t dißtant shore! Sao day ! Cruel parting ! My lot I deplure: Oh. may 1 livo oo longer, Or love never more J Of my va'our's guerdon thine Is evmnu re tho batter part ; If Conqut-st-'a co»n be minf*. Thou the crovn hast of my heart. OHCi day ! Cruel parting ! Mi lot I deplore ; Too fhjrt is our life here For love's nchcfcit btore ! Alnq ! thou f-.irest etnr, Fiotn thy liKht 1 must fly : Shn.ll I cntne back from afar, Orafhr ehttd I div ? Sad my ! Cruel partina ! My lot I deplore; Too fboi t ib onr life here For love'a richest store ! Tht» warlike orvms are beat, The fiaea and trxi > pets blown ; Knt tho eclj 'ts evil repeht The-e mournful worda alone: Sad cai ! Truel parting ! My or I deplore ; To j short is gui life here For luvti's ucheat store ! John L. Kelly.