"Take Back the Heart" (1864)
Song
by Claribel (pseud. for Mrs. Charles C. Barnard
nee Charlette Alington]

Boston, MA: Oliver Ditson & Son, 277 Washington St.
Plate No. 23508?
[Source: 176/075@Levy]

1. 
Take back the heart that thou gavest,
What is my anquish to thee!
Take back the freedom thou cravest,
Leaving the fetters to me,
Take back the vows thou has spoken,
Fling them aside and be free,
Smile o’er each pitiful token,
Leaving the sorrow for me.
Drink deep of life’s fond illusion,
Gaze on the storm cloud, and flee.
Swiftly, through strife and confusion,
Leaving the burden to me.

2. 
Then when at last overtaken,
Time flings its fetters o’er thee,
Come, with a trust still unshaken,
Come back a captive to me,
Come back in sadness or sorrow,
Once more my darling to be,
Come as of old, love, to borrow
Glimpses of sunlight from me.
Love shall resume her dominion,
Striving no more to be free.
When on her world weary pinion,
Flies back me lost love to me.