Song Yes Mary Ann I Freely Grant by Amelia Opie

Song Yes Mary Ann I Freely Grant, Born in 1769 in Norwich, writer Ameila Opie was perhaps best known for her prose work but also published a number of individual poems and collections during her lifetime. She was brought up in a reasonably affluent family, her father was a physician and her cousin a prominent judge in the region. She was a fervently political individual at a time when this was not fashionable and inherited her radical views from her father.

Song Yes Mary Ann I Freely Grant by Amelia Opie

Song Yes Mary Ann I Freely Grant

Yes, Mary Ann, I freely grant,
The charms of Henry’s eyes I see;
But while I gaze, I something want,
I want those eyes — to gaze on me.

And I allow, in Henry’s heart
Not Envy’s self a fault can see:
Yet still I must one wish impart,
I wish that heart — to sigh for me.