Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, NO -- LEAVE MY HEART TO REST, by THOMAS MOORE


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NO -- LEAVE MY HEART TO REST, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: No -- leave my heart to rest, if rest it may
Last Line: Since youth, and love, and hope, have passed away.
Alternate Author Name(s): Little, Thomas
Subject(s): Aging


No -- Leave my heart to rest, if rest it may,
When youth, and love, and hope, have passed away.
Could'st thou, when summer hours are fled,
To some poor leaf that's fall'n and dead,
Bring back the hue it wore, the scent it shed?
No -- leave this heart to rest, if rest it may,
When youth, and love, and hope, have passed away.

Oh, had I met thee then, when life was bright,
Thy smile might still have fed its tranquil light;
But now thou com'st like sunny skies,
Too late to cheer the seaman's eyes,
When wrecked and lost his bark before him lies!
No -- leave this heart to rest, if rest it may,
Since youth, and love, and hope, have passed away.





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