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letra de the orphan - letitia elizabeth landon - richard mitchley

alone, alone! – no other face
wears kindred smile, kindred line;
and yet they say my mother’s eyes
they say my father’s brow, is mine;
and either had rejected to see
the other’s likeness in my face
but now it is a stranger’s eye
that finds some long forgotten trace

i heard them name my father’s death
his home and tomb alike the wave;
and i was early taught to weep
beside my youthful mother’s grave
i wish i could recall one look, –
but only one familiar tone;
if i had aught of memory
i should not feel so all alone

my heart is gone beyond the grave
in search of love i cannot find
till i could fancy soothing words
are whisper’d by the ev’ning wind:
i gaze upon the watching stars
so clear, so beautiful above
till i could dream they look on me
with something of an answering love
my mother! does thy gentle eye
look from those distant stars on me?
or does the wind at ev’ning bear
a message to thy child from thee?
dost thou pine for me, as i pine
again a parent’s love to share?
i often kneel beside thy grave
and pray to be a sleeper there

the vesper bell! – ’tis eventide
i will not weep, but i will pray:
god of the fatherless, ’tis thou
alone canst be the orphan’s stay!
earth’s meanest flower, heaven’s mightiest star
are equal to their maker’s love
and i can say, ‘thy will be done,’
with eyes that fix their hopes above

- richard mitchley

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