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dreams.
And lost their time, and wore their wits,
Illusive vapours still enfold it!
Illusive vapours still enfold it!
Youth wakes elate to life's warm beam,
Flings away toys, for love and battles,
Smiling looks back on childhood's dream,
With all its jingling bells and rattles;—
Flings away toys, for love and battles,
Smiling looks back on childhood's dream,
With all its jingling bells and rattles;—
Short is his smile, for glowing youth
Is but a brilliant morning vision!
The fading cheats, call'd love and truth,
But themes for riper man's derision!
Is but a brilliant morning vision!
The fading cheats, call'd love and truth,
But themes for riper man's derision!
Yet, who but sees with fond regret
These phantoms bright, so quickly wasted?
Oh! stay dear forms, and cheat me yet,
For pleasant were ye while ye lasted!
These phantoms bright, so quickly wasted?
Oh! stay dear forms, and cheat me yet,
For pleasant were ye while ye lasted!
