Poems by the late Hon. William R. Spencer A New Edition with Corrections and Additions; To Which is Prefixed A Biographical Memoir by the Editor |
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ANSWER TO A LADY'S VERSES ON “TO-MORROW.”
As the gales, whilst your hand crops the flow'r-bending spray,
Bring you sweets which from flow'rs at a distance they borrow,
So ever for you, to the joys of to-day,
May hope add a taste of the joys of “To-morrow!”
Bring you sweets which from flow'rs at a distance they borrow,
So ever for you, to the joys of to-day,
May hope add a taste of the joys of “To-morrow!”
But to me, lovely friend, worse than doubtful appears
Your “Improver of bliss, and dispeller of sorrow,”
Since, alas! it presents me no hopes and no fears—
My misfortune is sure—for I leave you to-morrow!
Your “Improver of bliss, and dispeller of sorrow,”
Since, alas! it presents me no hopes and no fears—
My misfortune is sure—for I leave you to-morrow!
| Poems by the late Hon. William R. Spencer | |