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A SIGH.
Silent, I sat within the boat,
The earth and sea were still;
The mist wrapped softly, fold on fold,
O'er wood, and dale, and hill:
The earth and sea were still;
The mist wrapped softly, fold on fold,
O'er wood, and dale, and hill:
Dim shone the moon, and far away
The sea lay waste and bare;
Low-wailing Ossian's ghost did float
Across the waters drear.
The sea lay waste and bare;
Low-wailing Ossian's ghost did float
Across the waters drear.
And wailing low, my weary heart,
Sighed from its inner deep:
Oh Love, that I could lay me down
Upon thy breast, and sleep!
Sighed from its inner deep:
Oh Love, that I could lay me down
Upon thy breast, and sleep!
