%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Souldiers Departure / From his Love: / OR, / The Damosels hope of his happy Return. / What tho' my love has crost said she, / o're Neptunes throbbing breast: / Yet I again my dear shall see, / in whom I shall be blest. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center English Broadside Ballad Archive (EBBA) Director Patricia Fumerton Associate Director Carl G Stahmer ?-? Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 07/13/2021 37444

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R184340 1 The Doubting Virgin Doubting Virgin, The The Doubting Virgin NOw my love has crost the Ocean, / and has left me on the shore; I shall see my love again. [with variation] British Library - Bagford Editor none none none none Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 2: 95 2: 96 The Souldiers Departure / From his Love: / OR, / The Damosels hope of his happy Return. / What tho' my love has crost said she, / o're Neptunes throbbing breast: / Yet I again my dear shall see, / in whom I shall be blest. The Soldier's Departure From his Love: OR, The Damsel's hope of his happy Return. What though my love has crossed said she, o're Neptune's throbbing breast: Yet I again my dear shall see, in whom I shall be blessed. ?-? J. Deacon

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NOw my love has crost the Ocean, and has left me on the shore; I will pray for his Promotion whom I dearly do adore: Never will I be faint-hearted, tears I ever will refrain, Tho' we are at present parted, I shall see my love again. I am pleas'd to tell the Story of his right Heroick fame, Sounding forth his worthy Glory, to the World I do proclaim:
His victorious Foes subdueing, where some Thousands has been slain, None shall ever prove his Ruine, i'll imbrace my love again. I have seen my love in Battel, where the Cannons tore the ground, And the Warlike Drums did rattle, yet he ne'r receiv'd a wound: Heaven always did befriend him, while he did each fight maintain, And I hope to me will send him, for to see him once again.
There is few that e're excell'd him, being always train'd to fight, Oftentimes I have beheld him, in his shining Armour bright: Now he's in another Nation, where I hope he'l purchase fame, Then without all disputation, I shall see my love again. For his mind did never Waver, he is true to what he shows, Being of a sweet behaviour, he's belov'd wheree're he goes: Therefore I am Joys possessing, which doth mittigate my pain, Hoping for that happy Blessing, to imbrace my love again. Often in a silent slumber he I fancy in my arms, Giving kisses out of number, and a thousand pleasing charms: Waking does my joys devour, all alone I then remain: Yet I hope to see that hour, to embrace my love again. Thus his absence does not grieve me, nothing can my joys remove, For he never will deceive me, but is loyal to his love:
May he be from dangers guided, while abroad he does remain, Then tho' we are now divided, I shall see my love again. Night and day, I do declare it, he is running in my mind, True it is I can't forbear it, I am so to love inclin'd: Yet it is no more then reason that in love I should remain, Wishing for that happy Season, to imbrace him once again. When he from my presence parted, here behold the Words he said, Love I will be loyal hearted, he to me this promise made. I have reason to believe him, that did ne'r his credit stain, In my Arms I shall receive him, to imbrace him once again. In my love I took much pleasure, who would never me molest, All his tender words i'll treasure, in the Closet of my breast: Where my fainting heart they cherish, when it is opprest with pain, Till he does return to nourish me his Loyal Love again.
Printed for J. Deacon, at the Angel in Guilt-spur-street, without Newgate.