REGRETS.

(AFTER CHARLES ROUSSEAU.)

Let me cherish in my sadness

Those fair days of youth and gladness!

Moments of delightful madness

Gone, alas, for evermore!

Vain regrets for misspent powers,

Wasted chances, faded flowers,

Vex my lonely spirit sore.

Had I only known before!

Let me cherish in my sadness

Those fair days of youth and gladness!

Moments of delightful madness

Gone, alas, for evermore!