80
Yet sad the fainting eyes move o'er
The once delighting scene:
The halcyon prospect tells no more
Of happiness serene.
The once delighting scene:
The halcyon prospect tells no more
Of happiness serene.
Now, no bright thoughts the flowing hours
Mark with a soft delight,—
Nor fancy feeds on fadeless flowers
In fairer realms of light.
Mark with a soft delight,—
Nor fancy feeds on fadeless flowers
In fairer realms of light.
THE SONG OF THE BIRDS.
The cheerful birds their notes begin,
To welcome dawn of day,
And usher glorious morning in,
Charmed with its earliest ray.
To welcome dawn of day,
And usher glorious morning in,
Charmed with its earliest ray.
Those rapturous songs did once awake
Me from a calm repose;
But now no quiet slumbers break,
Nor sweets of morn disclose.
Me from a calm repose;
But now no quiet slumbers break,
Nor sweets of morn disclose.
