George Pope Morris (Джордж Поуп Моррис)

The Tyrant Sway

The heart that owns thy tyrant sway,
  Whate'er its hopes may be,
Is like a bark that drifts away
  Upon a shoreless sea!
No compass left to guide her on,
Upon the surge she's tempest-torn—
  And such is life to me!

And what is life when love is fled?
  The world, unshared by thee?
I'd rather slumber with the dead,
  Than such a waif to be!
The bark that by no compass steers
Is lost, which way soe'er she veers—
  And such is life to me!

1. Lisette
2. Song of Marion's Men
3. The Chieftain's Daughter
4. A Legend of the Mohawk
5. “The Dog-Star Rages”

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