Ballads for the Times (Now first collected,) Geraldine, A Modern Pyramid, Bartenus, A Thousand Lines, and other poems. By Martin F. Tupper. A new Edition, enlarged and revised |
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“The warm young Heart.”
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“The warm young Heart.”
FOR MUSIC.
A beautiful face, and a form of grace
Were a pleasant sight to see,
And gold, and gems, and diadems,
Right excellent they be:
But beauty and gold, though both be untold,
Are things of a worldly mart,
The wealth that I prize, above ingots or eyes,
Is a heart,—a warm young heart!
Were a pleasant sight to see,
And gold, and gems, and diadems,
Right excellent they be:
But beauty and gold, though both be untold,
Are things of a worldly mart,
The wealth that I prize, above ingots or eyes,
Is a heart,—a warm young heart!
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O face most fair, shall thy beauty compare
With affection's glowing light?
O riches and pride, how pale ye beside
Love's wealth, serene and bright!
I spurn thee away, as a cold thing of clay,
Though gilded and carved thou art,
For all that I prize, in its smiles and its sighs,
Is a heart—a warm young heart!
With affection's glowing light?
O riches and pride, how pale ye beside
Love's wealth, serene and bright!
I spurn thee away, as a cold thing of clay,
Though gilded and carved thou art,
For all that I prize, in its smiles and its sighs,
Is a heart—a warm young heart!
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