The Hope of Albert Seyton to Ada the Betrayed
Tis my hope that I may live
To love alone but thee;
’Tis my hope that thou mayest live
My only hope to be.
’Tis my hope, and ever shall it
Thus be hoped by me,
That we may never part again
Till time shall cease to be.
’Tis my hope, as Gray is gone,
Thy miseries are o’er,
And the fear of ever losing thee
Will never happen more.
’Tis my hope, and feel assured,
My hopes are not in vain.
That thou wilt ever be support
To this my hopeful strain.
J.R.
Edits were made to the original Lloyd’s Penny Weekly Miscellany text during the process of digitization as follows:
This transcription aggregates the story serialized in Lloyd’s Penny Weekly Miscellany Vol. I. The title page and preface from that volume are included for reference; however, other serialized stories from that volume have not been transcribed herein.
Chapter numbers 25-34 repeat themselves. These errata were preserved.
The spelling of the character Maud changed to Maude in the later chapters. Maude was re-spelled Maud throughout for consistency.
Direct speech by the same speaker appearing in adjacent paragraphs were combined into a single paragraph if no change in punctuation was required, and the speaker was specified in only the first of the two paragraphs.
Representations of written text such as letters, notes, verse and lyrics were set-off by left and right margin indentations.
Uncapitalized words starting full sentences that immediately follow periods, question marks and exclamation points in direct speech were capitalized.
Obvious misspellings, grammar errors, missing or duplicated words and typographical errors were corrected, noting that British and period spellings were preserved throughout.
The transcription was formatted to conform to contemporary electronic reading features for the convenience of the reader.
Allan Hackney
May 3, 2015