Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A HAPPY HOUR, by JOSEPH TATLOW


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A HAPPY HOUR, by                    
First Line: I rose one happy morn with beating heart
Last Line: Of all love's happy hours, that was the best!
Subject(s): Love


I ROSE one happy morn with beating heart,
Ere bright Aurora with a radiant blush
Swung joyfully the Eastern gates apart,
And bathed the purple hills in rosy flush.
Adown the mead a wayward impulse led
My footsteps glad, until I came to where
A smooth full-bosom'd stream on flowery bed
Voluptuous flowed, and unexpected there
I saw my love, who, like a Naiad bright,
Stood on its marge, a vision of delight.

With quicken'd pulse I ran an eager race
'Gainst warm Apollo for the first fresh kiss;
But Love outstripp'd e'en his enamour'd pace,
And won the beamy god's intended bliss.
I press'd soft lips ere sleeping daisy heard;
Her sweet voice thrill'd me ere the lark rose up
From grassy couch, or wanton zephyr stirr'd
The dew-brimm'd chalice of the buttercup;
And my enraptur'd soul, in joy, confess'd,
Of all Love's happy hours, that was the best!





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