I leave my parents here behind And all my friends to love resigned'Tis grief to go, but death to stay Farewell -- I'm gone with love away.
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Oh that my soul had winged its flight, When first I saw the morning light, To worlds of liberty.
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My genius from a boy; Has fluttered like a bird within my heart; But could not thus confined her power employ, Impatient to depart.
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