Farewell to Old England -I shortly must leave thee
The bright star of hope, can no longer delude
Adversity soon would of comforts bereave me
Perhaps pallid want might its presence intrude
Adieu my dear friends that I leave far behind me
May health and prosperity on you attend
Tho' absent remembrance forever shall bind me
To each one endeared by the title of friend.-
Ye scenes of my childhood adieu now forever
Yet sweet recollections of juvenile days
Shall dwell in my bosom tho' oceans may sever
And oft be the theme of my rustical days
Farewell ye remains of my dearest connections
Who sleep in oblivion beneath the cold clay
We'll meet yet again with refined recollections
I joy in the prospect of that happy day –
Yet while in this transient state of probation
The blessings of life must desirable be
For in spite of each learned over grave dissertation
Content and stern poverty ne' er will agree.
Then I'll fly from this land of oppression and sorrow
And seek me a country where comforts abound
where no one need dread the approach of tomorrow
Lest meat, drink and clothing should cease to be found
I'll go where the workman is paid for his labour
Where taxes are few; and where tythes are unknown,
Where no one desposteth the goods of his neighbour
But rests in contentment enjoying his own –
On the banks of Ohio, I'll seek me a dwelling
There, the war-whoop of arson no more shall astound
By far more appalling than angry waves swelling
Tho' floods devastating envelope the ground
There no upstart tyrant shall rise to oppress me
Nor priest made by law, e'er attempt to delude
There no evil game laws exist to distress me
The bounties of nature, from man to exclude
Without dread of a poorhouse or fear of a jail
Nor at Death the disgusting decree be awarded
* "Be hacked up in pieces" lest science should fail
O England poor England thy sun's set forever
The laws are defective, thy people oppressed
But revenge for their wrongs will not slumber forever
Indignant humanity will be redressed
Then I'll fly thy dark borders; but still I must leave thee
Thou land of my birth and my ancestors graves
Tis' prudence and courage united behooves me
To flee from oppression and trust the salt waves
By Lucy Markillie
Jan'y 27, 1833
*In 1832, the British parliament passed a law that any person dying who was not possessed of property, sufficient to pay the expenses of their funeral, was not to be buried, but given to the surgeons for dissection; I believe the law was never acted upon.
Sunday morning June 28th 1835
How solemn and silent are all things around,
Soft zephyr scarce breathes in the trees,
And the trembling cow bell's monotonous sound
Is just borne aloft by the breeze
The flood gates have stopt the career of the stream
The water lies sullen and still
The ax, and the horses, and anvil at rest
And ceased is the clack of the mill.
No church bells have ever disturbed the repose
Of these woods and those vallies around
A blank -as was chaos e're nature arose
And a silence almost as profound.
Give me back; give me back the gay bustle of life
Where animate scenes are in view
Where sweet smiling faces and pleasures are rife
Then to mud and the back woods adieu.
By Lucy Markillie
Appendix B
Books Brought from England in 1833 by Lucy Markerly
Cooke's Pocket Library Editions:
The Adventures of Roderic Random by T. Smollet, MD. Vol. 1
Signed: L. Markerly March 6,1814
The Poetical Works of John Gay. Vol. 1.
Signed: Lucy Markerly March 6, 1814
The Poetical Works of John Gay. Vol.2.
Signed: L. Markerly March 6, 1814
The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith.
Signed: Lucy Markerly March 6, 1814
The Poetical Works of William Falconer
Creation: A Philosophical Poem. By Sir Richard Blackmore
Signed: F. Wooley, Spalding Mary Asbridge Jan'y 2nd 1812 Spalding
The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray
The Poetical Works of T. Smollett, M.D.
The Poems of Dr. Thomas Sprat, Bishop of Rochester
The Poetical Works of John Earl of Rochester
Signed: Lucy Markerly March 6, 1814
The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope. Vol. 1
Signed: Sam'l Markerly Dec. 17 th 1806
The Poetica1 Works of Alexander Pope. Vo1.2
Signed: Sam'l Markerly Dec. 17 th 1806
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, by Laurence Sterne Vol. 1
The Life and Opinions of Tristrm Shandy, Gentleman, by Laurence Sterne Vol. 2
The Poetical Works of S. Johnson, LL.D
The Poetical Works of ',William Falconer
Signed: L. Markerly March 6 , 1814
A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy by Mr. Yorick (Laurence Sterne)
George Barnwell; a Tragedy in five acts by George Lillo
The Stranger; or, Misanthropy & Repentance. A Drama in five acts -from
the German of Augustus von Kotzebue 1805
Poems on his Domestic Circumstances by Lord Byron 1823
Signed: J. Markillie
The Poetical Works of John Milton, London, T. Wilkins, 1794
Signed: Sam'l Markerly July 2 nd 1815
Essays on Men and Manners by William Shenstone, Ludlow, George Nicholson
Signed: Lucy Markerly Jan'y 6, 1814
Elements of Geometry. Written in French By F. Ignat. Gaston Pardies And
render'd into English By John Harris, D.D. 7 th Edition, London,
D. Midwinter and A. Ward, 1734
Signed: Sam'l Markerly Fleet 1800
The Universal Magazine. Vol CII & CIII (one volume), London, W. Bent, 1798
Signed: Sam'l Markerly Fleet Feb'y 4 1798 S. Markerly Feb'y 4th 1811
Merope, A Tragedy by Aaron Hill. London 1777
The True-born Englishman; A Satyr. 24 th Edition. London 1775
The Chaplet. A Musical Entertainment by Moses Mendez. London 1777
The Drummer; or, the Haunted House, A Comedy by Mr. Addison. London 1777
Zara. A Tragedy by Aaron Hill. London 1778
Damon and Phillida. A Ballad Opera. London 1777
Orpheus and Eurydice. An Opera. London 1777
Phaedra and Hippolitius. A Tragedy. By Mr. Edmund Smith. London 1777
A Lecture on Mimicry. By George Saville Carey. London 1776
The Rehearsal. A Comedy. By George, late Duke of Buckingham. London 1777
The Lottery. A Farce. By Henry Fielding. London 1775
The Drummer-or, the Haunted House, A Comedy by Mr. Addison. London 1777
Signed: John Markerly Jan'ry 16 th 1828
Mauger, Claudius, French Grammar , 20 th edition, London , R. Wellington, 1705
Signed: June the first 1705 . Bought this book for Samuel Markilly cost
two shillings and sixpence 2/-6 Le premier de Juin 1705.
Jay achete ce Livre Pour Samuel Marquilly, coute trente fou.
Another signature: Samuel Markille
On fly leaves John Markillie has written family history
