| Samuel Kettell, ed. Specimens of American Poetry. 1829. | | | | Song | | By Josias Lyndon Arnold (1768–1796) |
| | | WHILE zephyrs fan the verdant groves, | |
| And flowerets grace the plain, | |
| While shepherds tell the nymphs their loves, | |
| And flaunt in pleasure’s train; | |
| To yonder cottage of my fair | 5 |
| My anxious footsteps tend; | |
| What joy so great as viewing there | |
| A lover and a friend? | |
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| To her I fear not to disclose | |
| The feelings of my heart; | 10 |
| She bears a part in all my woes, | |
| In all my joys—a part. | |
| If e’er she weeps, I kiss the tear, | |
| And bid her sorrows end; | |
| If she is pleased, joy shows me near | 15 |
| A lover and a friend. | |
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| She ’s youthful, innocent and gay, | |
| Of perfect mind and mien; | |
| She quickly steals all hearts away, | |
| Wherever she is seen. | 20 |
| But though each shepherd’s heart she charms, | |
| And they before her bend, | |
| Round me alone she throws her arms, | |
| A lover and a friend. | | | | |
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