CAUTION.

Break not tryste with tender hearts,

They ask not oaths for trust;

A look—a smile—to them imparts

What—answered with a tear that starts,

Is sealed, if thou art just!

Learn this lesson, not too late;

’Twill save some gentle eye,

That often at her garden gate,

Strains sight and ear to watch and wait,

And droops—she tells not why.