William and Susan

When forced to quit his native land

young William bade farewell,

as Susan fondly wrung his hand,

her tears in torrents fell;

and soft she sighed, her anxious heart

with many a fear beset:

"Oh! would we were not now to part

or that we ne'er had met!"

Dame fortune smiled on William's pains

and bless'd his growing store;

now gone three years, his honest gains

to Susan's feet he bore.

"Nor think," he said, "that William's heart

can e'er his vows forget;

dismiss your fears, no more we'll part,

since we once more have met."

Ah! ere the honeymoon was flown,

they cursed the marriage life;

a very husband Will was grown,

and Sue a very wife.

She said that he was false at heart,

he called her light coquette,

and both exclaimed: "Next week we'll part,

I wish we ne'er had met!"