Subhadra

A Threnody

I'LL never never see my boy again!
I'll never kiss his bonny face again!
A thunderbolt, he spann'd the battle-plain
And cleft the whirling phalanx right in twain!
But my own boy? - I'll never see again!

I'll never never see my boy again!
I'll ne'er caress his winsome eyes again!
I heard my son's triumphant battle shout,
I saw his teeming foemen put to rout!
But my own boy? - I'll never see again!

I'll never never see my boy again!
I'll never hear his gurgling laugh again!
I heard his vanquish'd foemen's dying cries,
I saw a blinding blaze ascend the skies
But my own boy? - I'll never see again!

I'll never never see my boy again!
I'll never crush him to my breasts again!
That dazzling shaft on high of purple hue
His death-defying soul it was, I knew!
And knew - I'd never see my boy again!

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My blinding tears, my sobs of soul in pain,
My wails of broken heart, - are all in vain!
Nor all my piteous prayers will regain
Me him who dirge I moan in one refrain:
I'll never never see my boy again!