The Blue Ey’d Maid, To Mary (1827)
THE BLUE EY’D MAID
To Mary
By James M. Nack
Forget me not, my blue-ey’d maid,
When fate our parting shall decree;
My love can never be repaid,
But still — O still, remember me!
Though when I to thy mind appear,
Thou wilt not in me view pourtray’d
The image to thy bosom dear,
Forget me not, my blue-ey’d maid !
If on the monumental stone
The name of one thou chance to see
Whose heart was thine–and thine alone —
O! then, my love, remember me!
Thine image, in my heart enshrin’d,
In death’s embrace alone shall fade:
When I am in his arms reclin’d
Forget me not, my blue-ey’d maid!
When I have met the fate, to brave
Which now I would not shrink for thee,
If thou shah tread upon my grave,
My darling girl! remember me
As one that were supremely blest
His life before thee to have laid,
Could that have won his last request.
Forget me not, my blue ey’d maid!