Smiling wonder of a day!
Ere the last convulsive start,
Rend thy unresisting heart;
Ere the long-enduring swoon
Weigh thy precious eye-lids down;
Ah, regard a mother’s moan;
Anguish deeper than thy own!
“Fairest eyes, whose dawning light,
Late with rapture bless’d my sight;
Ere your orbs extinguish’d be,