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" STAY, Lady, stay, for mercy's sake, And hear a helpless Orphan's tale : Ah ! sure my looks must pity wake ; 'Tis want that makes my cheek so pale. Yet I was once a mother's pride, And my brave father's hope and joy ; But in the Nile's proud fight he died... "
The roundelay; a selection of comic, martial, naval and sentimental songs - Page 46
by Roundelay - 1815
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The modern reader and speaker

David Charles Bell - 1856 - 466 pages
...THE ORPHAN BOY.— Mrs. OpU. STAY, Lady ! stay for mercy's sake, And hear a helpless Orphan's tale ! Ah ! sure, my looks must pity wake, 'Tis want that...pride, And my brave father's hope and joy ; But in the Kile's proud fight he died — And I am now an Orphan Boy ! Poor, foolish child ! how pleased was I,...
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Select specimens of English poetry

Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...Windows. Parent's. County. Gentle. STAY, lady, stay, for mercy's sake, And hear a helpless orphan's tale ! Ah ! sure my looks must pity wake ! 'Tis want that...pride, And my brave father's hope and joy ; But in the Nile's1 proud fight he died, And I am now an orphan boy. Poor foolish child ! how pleased was I, When...
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The Poets of the Nineteenth Century

Robert Aris Willmott - 1857 - 426 pages
...OPIE. THE ORPHAN BOY'S TALE. STAY, Lady, stay, for mercy's sake, And hear a helpless Orphan's tale : Ah ! sure my looks must pity wake ; 'Tis want that...And I am now an orphan boy. Poor foolish child ! how pleased was I, When news of Nelson's victory came, Along the crowded streets to fly, And see the lighted...
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The book of recitations [ed.] by C.W. Smith

Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 pages
...THE ORPHAN BOY. BY MES. OPIE. STAY, Lady, stay for mercy's sake, And hear a helpless orphan's tale ! Ah, sure my looks must pity wake, 'Tis want that makes...And I am now an Orphan Boy. Poor foolish child ! how pleased was I, When news of Nelson's victory came, Along the crowded streets to fly, And see the lighted...
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The Poets of the Nineteenth Century, Volume 1808

Robert Aris Willmott - 1857 - 436 pages
...OPIE. THE ORPHAN BOY'S TALE. STAY, Lady, stay, for mercy's sake, And hear a helpless Orphan's tale : Ah ! sure my looks must pity wake ; Tis want that...But in the Nile's proud fight he died — And I am uow an orphan boy. Poor foolish child ! how pleased was I, When nows of Nelson's victory came, Along...
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English Literature of the Nineteenth Century: On the Plan of the Author's ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1857 - 800 pages
...pursuits." THE ORPHAN BOY'S TALE. Stay, lady, stay, for merey's snke, And hear a helpless orphan's tale! Ah ! sure my looks must pity wake, 'Tis want that...cheek so pale. Yet I was once a mother's pride, And my hravo father's hope and joy; But in the Nile's proud fight ho dicd, And I am now an orphan hoy. Poor...
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The Poets of the Nineteenth Century

Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1858 - 644 pages
...OPIE. THE ORPHAN BOY'S TALE. STAY, I^idy, stay, for mercy's sake, And hear a helpless Orphan's talc : Ah ! sure my looks must pity wake ; Tis want that...; But in the Nile's proud fight he died — And I mil now an orphan boy. Poor foolish child! how pleased was I. When news of Nelson's victory came, Along...
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The Year Book of Daily Recreation and Information: Concerning Remarkable Men ...

William Hone - 1859 - 854 pages
...others. THE ORPHAN BOY'S TALL. Stay, lady, stay, for mercy's sake. And hear a helpless orphan's talc, Ah ! sure my looks must pity wake, ' Tis want that makes my check so pale-. Yet I was once a mother's pride. And my brave father's hope and jny • But in the...
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Poetry for school and home, from the best authors, ed. by T. Shorter

Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 224 pages
...blest. v 33. TEE ORPHAN BOY. STAY, lady, stay, for mercy's sake, And hear a helpless orphan's tale ! Ah ! sure my looks must pity wake, — 'Tis want that...I am now an orphan boy. Poor foolish child — how pleased was I When news of Nelson's victory came, Along the crowded streets to fly, And see the lighted...
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Gleanings from the English poets, Chaucer to Tennyson, with biogr. notices ...

English poets - 1862 - 626 pages
...1853. THE ORPHAN BOY'S TALE. " STAY, lady, stay, for mercy's sake, And hear a helpless orphan's tale ; Ah ! sure my looks must pity wake ; 'Tis want that...I am now an orphan boy. " Poor foolish child, how pleased was I, When news of Nelson's victory came, Along the crowded streets to fly, And see the lighted...
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