1.
LET us love now , my charming Fair!
For Youth’s bright days must soon depart,
Swift as the dart which cleaves the Air,
To pierce the flying Leopard’s heart.
2.
The short lived beings of an hour,
Like fading roses bloom and die,
And e’en thy Beauty’s peerless flower
Can only bloom in Youth’s bright sky.
3.
When in the Ocean’s glowing bed
The sinking orb of day retires,
Again by fair Aurora led,
He gilds the morn with brighter fires.
4.
When Winter’s ruthless blast destroys
The verdant foliage of the wood,
Again with Spring, returning joys
With livelier aspect are renewed.
5.
But Man’s gay Summer, once when fled,
Revives no more the drooping heart,
When pleasures airy train is dead,
And hopes no longer bliss impart.
6.
In the dark regions of the Tomb,
Forgetfulness must ever reign;
The voice of love ne’er cheers the gloom,
Nor beauty’s smile inspires the strain.
7.
Let us then, Laura, while we may,
Wander in the flowery grove,
While all is smiling, fair, and gay,
Let us pluck the Rose of Love.
(Mary Abel Clinckett)
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