Eight Songs/The Anchor's Weigh'd

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The Anchor's Weigh'd.

  The tear fell gently from her eye,
   When last we parted on the shore:
  My bosom heav'd with many a sigh,
   To think I ne'er might see her more.

Dear youth, she cried, and canst thou haste away;
My heart will break—a little moment stay.
Alas! I cannot—I cannot part from thee.
The anchor's weigh'd—farewell! farewell! remember me!

  Weep not, my love, I trembling said;
   Doubt not a constant heart like mine.
  I ne'er can meet another maid
   Whose charms can fix my heart like thine.

Go, then, she cried, but let thy constant mind
Oft think of her thou leav'st in tears behind,
A maid—this last embrace my pledge shall be.
The anchor's weigh'd—farewell! farewell! remember me!

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