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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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Encyclopaedia of English and American Poetry: From Caedmon and ..., Volume 2

Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1873 - 782 pages
...1116.— THE OEPHAN BOY'S TALE. Stay, lady, stay, for mercy's sake, And hear a helpless orphan's tale, . ho died, And I am now an ophan boy. Poor foolish child ! how pleased was I When news of Nelson's victory...
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The new hand-book of elocution

George Walter Baynham - 1873 - 344 pages
...man. — Dodd. THE 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...brave father's hope and joy ; but in the Nile's proud figb' he died — and I am now an Orphan Boy ! • Poor, foolish child"! how pleased was I when news...
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The Midland readers and home lesson books, Book 3

Henry Major - 1873 - 104 pages
...crowded answered shrieked parents Stay, lady, stay, for pity's sake, And hear a helpless orphan's tale; Ah ! sure my looks must pity wake, 'Tis want that makes my cheeks so pale. Yet I was once a mother's pride, And my brave father's hope and joy; But in the Nile's...
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The Fourth Reader: For the Use of Schools. With an Introductory Treatise on ...

George Stillman Hillard - 1873 - 248 pages
...^ re-joice' earn («m) ^ 1. STAY, lady, stay, for mercy's sake, And hear a helpless orphan's1 tale. Ah, sure my looks must pity wake — "Tis want that makes my cheeks so pale. 2. Yet I was once a mother's pride, And my brave father's hope and joy ; But in the...
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The Elocutionist: A Collection of Pieces in Prose and Verse, Peculiarly ...

James Sheridan Knowles - 1874 - 458 pages
...The Sailor's 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...mother's pride, And my brave father's hope and joy: Hut in the Nile's proud fight he died — And I am now an orphan boy! Poor, foolish child I how pleased...
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The Daily Remembrancer on Peace and War

John Hemmenway - 1875 - 224 pages
...— Thomas Chase. April 18. 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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The Daily Remembrancer on Peace and War

John Hemmenway - 1875 - 226 pages
...— Thomas Chase. April 18. Stay, lady, stay, for mercy's sake, And hear a helpless orphan's tale. Ah! sure my looks must pity wake ; 'Tis want that...Nile's proud fight he died, And I am now an orphan hoy. Poor, foolish child ! how pleased was I, When nevjs of Nelson's victory came ! Along the crowded...
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Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 860 pages
...Tale.— From Airs Okie's Poems. 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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A New Library of Poetry and Song, Volume 2

William Cullen Bryant - 1876 - 599 pages
...stay, for mercy's sake, And hear a helpless orphan's tale ; Ah, sure my looks must pity wake, — 'T is want that makes my cheek so pale ; Yet I was once...I am now an orphan boy ! Poor, foolish child ! how pleased was I, When news of Nelson's victory came, 248 249 To force me home my mother sought, — She...
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Macleod's First text-book of elocution

Alfred Macleod - 1877 - 238 pages
...ORPHAN BOY.— (Mrs. 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...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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