Poems (Campbell)/To Jessy of Yell

by Dorothea Primrose Campbell

TO JESSY OF YELL.

Heav'nly angels! hover round thee,
 Guard thy innocence, sweet maid!
Virtue's radiant train surround thee,
 In celestial robes array'd!

On thy cheek of youthful beauty,
 Long may health's fair roses bloom;
Long may filial love and duty,
 Bind thee to thy humble home.

May thy swain prove fond and faithful,
 May your loves together bloom;
But if false, may justice wrathful
 Drive th' inconstant to his doom.

Heav'nly angels! hover round thee,
 Guard thy innocence, sweet maid!
Oh! may falsehood never wound thee,
 Never grief thy breast invade.

But if Jessy find that treasure—
 Him whose heart is fond and true—
Yours be ev'ry earthly pleasure,
 Ever smiling, ever new!

Go, and dwell, each bliss enjoying,
 In thy long-lov'd native isle;
Purest raptures never cloying—
 On your blissful union smile!

Then no cares, no woes gigantic,
 E'er shall wander where you dwell,
On the sea-beat shore romantic,
 In thy native isle of Yell.