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LOVE AND TIME, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Tis said - but whether true or not
Alternate Author Name(s): Little, Thomas


'TIS said- but whether true or not
Let bards declare who've seen ' em
That Love and Time have only got
One pair of wings between ' em .
In courtship's first delicious hour,
The boy full oft can spare ' em;
So, loitering in his lady's bower,
He lets the grey-beard wear ' em.
Then is Time's hour of play;
Oh, how he flies , flies away!


But short the moments, short as bright,
When he the wings can borrow;
If Time to-day has had his flight ,
Love takes his turn to- morrow.
Ah! Time and Love, your change is then
The saddest and most trying,
When one begins to limp again,
And t' other takes to flying.
Then is Love's hour to stray;
Oh, how he flies, flies away!


But there's a nymph, whose chains I feel,
And bless the silken fetter,
Who knows, the dear one, how to deal
With Love and Time much better.
So well she checks their wanderings,
So peacefully she pairs ' em,
That Love with her ne'er thinks of wings,
And Time for ever wears ' em.
This is Time's holiday;
Oh, how he flies , flies away!






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