The poetical works of John Nicholson ... Carefully edited from the original editions, with additional notes and a sketch of his life and writings. By W. G. Hird |
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WRITTEN AT TONG HALL,
ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE MARRIAGE OF COL. AND MRS TEMPEST, 1829.
All the joys of months and years
Shall this day remember'd be;
While old Sorrow with her cares,
Sinks in past eternity.
Shall this day remember'd be;
While old Sorrow with her cares,
Sinks in past eternity.
Some have in the tempest sunk,
Deep within the ocean's bed;
Others, with proud fame made drunk,
Shone an hour, the next have fled.
Deep within the ocean's bed;
Others, with proud fame made drunk,
Shone an hour, the next have fled.
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But the stars which smiling shone
On your horoscope of birth,
Circling find you both as one;
None can sever you on earth.
On your horoscope of birth,
Circling find you both as one;
None can sever you on earth.
And as days and years go round,
Like two strings in unison,
Trembling to affection's sound,
True as when it first begun.
Like two strings in unison,
Trembling to affection's sound,
True as when it first begun.
Parents of a happy race;
May your children's children shine,
Till each orb has chang'd its place,
And the world be all divine.
May your children's children shine,
Till each orb has chang'd its place,
And the world be all divine.
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