| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Georgian Verse. 1909. | | | | For Lack of Gold | | By Adam Austin (1726?–1774) |
| | | FOR lack of gold she’s left me, O, | |
| And of all that’s dear bereft me, O; | |
| She me forsook for Athole’s duke, | |
| And to endless woe she has left me, O. | |
| A star and garter have more art | 5 |
| Than youth, a true and faithful heart; | |
| For empty titles we must part, | |
| And for glittering show she’s left me, O. | |
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| No cruel fair shall ever move | |
| My injured heart again to love; | 10 |
| Through distant climates I must rove, | |
| Since Jeanie she has left me, O. | |
| Ye powers above, I to your care | |
| Give up my faithless, lovely fair; | |
| Your choicest blessings be her share, | 15 |
| Though she’s for ever left me, O! | | | | |
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