Thomas Humphry Ward, ed. The English Poets. 1880–1918.rnVol. III. The Eighteenth Century: Addison to Blake

Adam Austin (1726?–1774)

For Lack of Gold

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

Than youth, a true and faithful heart;

For empty titles we must part,

And for glittering show she ’s left me, O.

No cruel fair shall ever move

My injur’d heart again to love;

Through distant climates I must rove;

Since Jeany she has left me, O.

Ye powers above, I to your care

Give up my faithless, lovely fair;

Your choicest blessings be her share,

Though she ’s for ever left me, O.