Would I were a Boy again.
Oh, would I were a boy again,
When life seem’d form’d of sunny years,
And all the heart then knew of pain
Was swept away in transient tears,
Was swept away in transient tears.
When ev’ry dream hope whisper’d then,
My fancy deem’d was only truth;
Oh, would that I could know again,
The happy visions of my youth.
Oh, would I were a boy again, &c.
’Tis vain to mourn that years have shown
How false these fairy visions were,
Or murmur that mine eyes have known
The burden of a fleeting tear;
But still the heart will fondly cling
To hopes no longer prized as truth,
And memory still delights to bring
The happy visions of my youth.
Oh, would I were a boy again, &c.