Summary

Gosport tragedy, or, The perjured ship carpenter (1801)

To you my dear Will! What makes you so severe,
To murder your true love, that you lov'd so dear?
He said, There's no time disputing to stand,
And instantly taking his knife in his hand,
He pierced her heart, while the bleed it did flow,
And into the grave her fair body did throw
He cover'd her body, and home he did come,
Leaving none but the birds her death to bemoan
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Gosport tragedy, or, The perjured ship carpenter (1801)

At length with his curning her heart he betray'd,
Unto lewd desires he led her astray.
But when with child this young damsel did prove,
The tidings immediately she sent to her love,
And by the good Heavens he swore to be true,
Saying, I will marry none other but you.
This past on a while, at length we do hear;
The King wanted sailors, to sea he must steer,
Which griev'd the young damsel indeed to the heart,
To think with sweet Will so soon for to part.
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