NE so fair-none so fair. One so fair-none so fair. In the skies no Star Like my Star of Earth so near They but shine afar. One so fair-none so fair. All too sweet it seems; Wake me not, O world of care, If I walk in dreams. One so fair-none so fair. O my bosom-guest, Love ne'er smiled a happier pair One so fair-none so fair. Lean to me, sweet Wife ; Light will be the load we bear; Two hearts in one life. GERALD MASSEY. JOHN ANDERSON'S ANSWER. CANNOT kiss thee as I used to kiss ; Time, who is lord of love, must answer this. Shall I believe thine eyes have grown less sweet? Nay, but my life-blood fails on heavier feet. Time goes, old girl, time goes. I cannot hold as once I held thy hand; Youth is a tree whose leaves fall light as sand. I cannot love thee as I used to love. Age comes, and little Love takes flight above. Why, the gold cloud grows leaden, as the eve In that old day the subtle child-god came; He went, my girl, and raised your hand and sighed, Old wife, old love, there is a something yet HON. JOHN LEICESTER WARREN. RENUNCIATION. H no! you shall not catch me in the snare- Life might become a terror, a despair, Nothing is given here, 'tis only lent,— I will not, dare not, trust: For joy might strike at once his heaven-built tent, And leave me but its dust. What horror, after all my life was given, Adventured on one barque, If that should go, even to the joy of heaven, Left on a wreck of sorrow, with no power My losses to repair; With death denied, and every torturing hour |