OF all my happiest hours of joy, And even I have had my measure, When hearts were full, and every eye Has kindled with the beams of pleasure! Such hours as this I ne'er was given, So dear to friendship, dear to blisses; Young Love himself looks down from heaven, To smile on such a day as this is! Then oh! my friends, this hour improve, Let's feel as if we ne'er could sever; And may the birth of her we love Be thus with joy remember'd ever! Oh! banish every thought to-night, Which could disturb our soul's communion! Abandon'd thus to dear delight, We'll e'en for once forget the Union! On that let statesmen try their powers, And tremble o'er the rights they'd die for; The union of the soul be ours, And every union else we sigh for! Then oh! my friends, this hour improve, Let's feel as if we ne'er could sever; And may the birth of her we love Be thus with joy remember'd ever! In every eye around I mark The feelings of the heart o'erflowing; From every soul I catch the spark Of sympathy, in friendship glowing! Oh! could such moments ever fly; Oh! that we ne'er were doom'd to lose 'em; And all as bright as Charlotte's eye, And all as pure as Charlotte's bosom. But oh! my friends, this hour improve, Let's feel as if we ne'er could sever; And may the birth of her we love Be thus with joy remember'd ever! For me, whate'er my span of years, Whatever sun may light my roving; Whether I waste my life in tears, Or live, as now, for mirth and loving! This day shall come with aspect kind, Wherever fate may cast your rover; He'll think of those he left behind, And drink a health to bliss that's over! Then oh! my friends, this hour improve, Let's feel as if we ne'er could sever; And may the birth of her we love Be thus with joy remember'd ever! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...INSCRIPTION ON THE MONUMENT OF A NEWFOUNDLAND DOG by GEORGE GORDON BYRON THE DOOR-BELL by CHARLOTTE BECKER THE COMING OF THE SNOW by MARION L. BERTRAND TRUE JEWISH FAITH by ISIDOR BUSH APPLE-PARING NIGHT IN VERMONT by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY RED GERANIUMS by MARTHA HASKELL CLARK ON THE JOY UNIVERSALLY EXPRESSED ON THE KING'S HAPPY ESCAPE by WILLIAM COWPER |