So full of mirth, so full of play; With mind and heart so light and gay, And eyes that witchery betray; And sprightly accents rolling on, Like birds their merry matin song, That sweet simplicity prolong: -- In all your little griefs and joys, In all your sports among your toys, In giddy romps with girls and boys; -- When dearest friends behold -- admire, And freely grant what you desire; And touched as by a heavenly fire, The highest, fondest hopes aspire; -- As life sweeps on its rapid stream, And future prospects brightly gleam; And love unfolds its morning dream, That ripens to meridian beam, And binds as by a law supreme; -- As years advance, and you shall see The fading foliage on the tree -- The withered flowers upon the lea -- And, drawing near, by fixed decree, The final bourne -- eternity; Then, little dove, REMEMBER ME! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE MEMORY OF MARTHA by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE LAST WORD OF A BLUEBIRD; AS TOLD TO A CHILD by ROBERT FROST THE STARLIGHT NIGHT by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS THE FISH, THE MAN, AND THE SPIRIT (COMPLETE) by JAMES HENRY LEIGH HUNT THE LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS by THOMAS MOORE HOW CYRUS LAID THE CABLE [JULY 29, 1866] by JOHN GODFREY SAXE ODES: BOOK 1: ODE 17. ON A SERMON AGAINST GLORY by MARK AKENSIDE |