Ballads, Poems, and Lyrics
by Denis Florence MacCarthy


THE ADIEU.

FROM CASSIMIR DELAVIGNE.
The brigantine
  Rolls by the strand,
To bear me from
  My native land.
O virgin Queen!
  I turn to you:
Adieu, dear scene--
  Provence, adieu!

When blows the gale,
  My sire will see
My mother's cheek
  Grow pale for me.
O virgin Queen!
  I turn to you:
Adieu, dear scene--
  My sire, adieu!

The old Helene
  Will trust, I'm sure,
Her nine days' prayer,
  And sleep secure.
O virgin Queen!
  I turn to you:
Adieu, dear scene,
  Helene, adieu!

My sister too
  Will say this morn--
"I've had a dream,
  He will return."
O virgin Queen!
  I turn to you:
Adieu, dear scene,
  Sister, adieu!

Thy glance, Isaure,
  Pursues my track;
Thy kerchief white
  Invites me back!
O virgin Queen!
  I turn to you:
Adieu, dear scene,
  Isaure, adieu!

Thou blowest, breeze,
  How harsh of thee,
When my Isaure
  Would speak to me!
O virgin Queen!
  I turn to you:
Adieu, dear scene,
  And joy, adieu!

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MacCarthy, Denis Florence (1817-1882).  Ballads, Poems, and Lyrics, Original and Translated Dublin:  James McGlashan, 1850.

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