. Literature, art and song: Moore's melodies and American poems; . .\; -^ ^1 Sv»-^ From thee and thy innocent beauty first came The reveaUncfS, that taught him true love to adoreTo feel the bright presence, and turn him with shame^ From the idols he blindly had knelt to the waves of a life, long benighted and wild/ Thou earnest, like a soft golden calm oer the sea;And if happiness purely and glowingly smiled On his evning horizon, the light was from thee. And tho, sometimes, the shades of past folly might rise, And tho falsehood again would allure him to stray,?He but turnd to the g
. Literature, art and song: Moore's melodies and American poems; . .\; -^ ^1 Sv»-^ From thee and thy innocent beauty first came The reveaUncfS, that taught him true love to adoreTo feel the bright presence, and turn him with shame^ From the idols he blindly had knelt to the waves of a life, long benighted and wild/ Thou earnest, like a soft golden calm oer the sea;And if happiness purely and glowingly smiled On his evning horizon, the light was from thee. And tho, sometimes, the shades of past folly might rise, And tho falsehood again would allure him to stray,?He but turnd to the glory that dwelt in those eyes. And the folly, the falsehood, soon vanishd the Priests of the Sun, when their altar grew dim, At the. day-beam alone could its lustre repair,So, if virtue a moment grew languid in him. He but flew to that smile and rekindled it there. [%, N^ % \ gAWW^M^^.\\m^\^^ ^^^-Mf/f/ r/^ r/^rrf^-fN rmiWJWHMWWW. As V ®0 EmW (B\its. W0 Ladies eyes around, boy, We cant refuse, we cant refuse,Tho brig-lit eyes so abound, boy, Tis hard to choose, tis hard to thick as stars that hghten Yon airy bowrs, yon airy bowrs,The countless eyes that brighten This earth of ours, this earth of fill the cup—whereer, boy, Our choice may fall, our choice may fallWere sure to find love there, boy, So drink them all! so drink them all Some looks there are so holy, They seem but givn, they seem but givnAs shining beacons, solely, To light to heavn, to light to heavn. ^WiUm
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