'Young Benson's Song'

The Village Coquettes, An Operatic Burletta in Two Acts (1836). London: John Dicks. 

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Dickens, Charles. 'Young Bensons's Song.' The Village Coquettes (1836): p. 14. Dickens Search. Eds. Emily Bell and Lydia Craig. Accessed [date]. https://dickenssearch.com/verse/1836-The_Village_Coquettes_Young_Bensons_Song.

My fair home is no longer mine;

From its roof-tree I’m driven away.

Alas! who will tend the old vine,

Which I planted in infancy’s day!

The garden, the beautiful flowers,

The oak with its branches on high,

Dear friends of my happiest hours,

Among thee I long hoped to die.

The briar, the moss, and the bramble,

Along the green paths will run wild:

The paths where I once used to ramble,

An innocent, light-hearted child.