May never less of Mirth than now Sit on thy smooth unclouded brow! May never Care those furrows trace Which might her softer lines efface! His richest robe may Hymen wear, His brightest torch and gayest air! And O! where'er he builds thy bower, May joy attend the chosen hour! May Mirth and Youth and Pleasure meet To scatter roses at thy feet! Like this, may every opening year With some new blessing fraught appear; With sprightly hopes and wishes glow, And promise much, and more bestow! -- But what shall we forsaken do, When Mirth and Pleasure fly with you? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE UNPARDONABLE SIN by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY THE LOW-BACKED CAR by SAMUEL LOVER LOVE'S CHANGE by ANNE REEVE ALDRICH FRIAR JEROME'S BEAUTIFUL BOOK; A.D. 1200 by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THE GOLDEN YEAR! by ALFRED AUSTIN EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 1. THE MARVELLOUS SEED OF LOVE by PHILIP AYRES PSALM 137. THE JEWISH CAPTIVE by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE |