SngHad I A Cave
song—had i a cave
tune—“robin adair.”
had i a cave on some wild distant shore,
where the winds howl to the wave's dashing roar:
there would i weep my woes,
there seek my lost repose,
till grief my eyes should close,
o wake more!
falsest of womankind, 'st thou declare
all thy fond, plighted vows fleeting as air!
to thy new lover hie,
laugh o'er thy perjury;
then in thy bosom try
eace is there!
tune—“robin adair.”
had i a cave on some wild distant shore,
where the winds howl to the wave's dashing roar:
there would i weep my woes,
there seek my lost repose,
till grief my eyes should close,
o wake more!
falsest of womankind, 'st thou declare
all thy fond, plighted vows fleeting as air!
to thy new lover hie,
laugh o'er thy perjury;
then in thy bosom try
eace is there!