No. 4 Oh tremble not Flashcards
1
Q
Oh, tremble not, my son, arise
A
for you are guiltless
2
Q
for you are guiltless,
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noble, wise
3
Q
A gentle youth like you could, like no other,
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console the bitter sorrow of a mother
4
Q
In lonely grief I am forsaken,
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for my poor child no more I see.
5
Q
With her my happiness was taken,
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an evil fiend tore her from me.
6
Q
How helpless she cowered,
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her strength overpowered!
7
Q
What sad consternation!
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What vain desperation!
8
Q
With nameless woe my heart was bleeding,
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“Ah help, ah help!”
9
Q
Ah help, ah help
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was all I heard her speak.
10
Q
However, futile was her pleading,
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for all my efforts was too weak
11
Q
You, you, you
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shall free her from bonds of slav’ry!
12
Q
You shall release this child of mine,
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yes, you shall release this child of mine!
13
Q
And to reward you for your brav’ry,
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forever then shall she be thine
