William Lisle Bowles - On Accidentally Meeting A Lady Now No More

William Lisle Bowles - On Accidentally Meeting A Lady Now No More

When last we parted, thou wert young and fair-- br How beautiful let fond remembrance say! br Alas! since then old Time has stol'n away br Nigh forty years, leaving my temples bare:-- br So hath it perished, like a thing of air, br That dream of love and youth:--we now are gray; br Yet still remembering youth's enchanted way, br Though time has changed my look, and blanched my hair, br Though I remember one sad hour with pain, br And never thought, long as I yet might live, br And parted long, to hear that voice again;-- br I can a sad, but cordial greeting, give, br And for thy welfare breathe as warm a prayer, br Lady, as when I loved thee young and fair!br br William Lisle Bowlesbr br


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