Fair Ines
Thomas Hood
1799 to 1845
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O saw ye not fair Ines? she's gone into west,
To dazzle when the sun is down, and the world of rest;
She took our daylight with her, the smiles that we love best,
With morning blushes her cheek, and pearls upon her breast.
O turn again, fair Ines, before the fall of night,
For fear moon should shine alone, and stars unrivalled bright;
And blessèd will the lover be that walks beneath their light,
breathes the love against thy cheek I dare not write!
Would I had been, fair Ines, that gallant
Who rode so gayly by thy side and whispered so near!
Were there no bonny dames at home, no true lovers here,
That he should cross the to win the dearest of the dear?
I saw thee, lovely Ines, descend along the shore,
With bands of gentlemen, and banners waved before;
And gentle youth and gay, and snowy plumes they wore;—
It would been a beauteous dream—if it had been no more!
Alas! alas! fair Ines! she went away with song,
With waiting on her steps, and shoutings of the throng;
some were sad, and felt no mirth, but only Music's wrong,
In sounds that sang Farewell, Farewell to her you've loved so long.
Farewell, farewell, fair Ines! that vessel bore
So fair a lady on its deck, nor so light before—
Alas for pleasure on the sea, sorrow on the shore!
The smile that blest one lover's heart has broken many more!