From smiling lips their ruby glow,
From velvet cheeks their rosy hue.
"Oh, who shall check the spoiler's power?--
'Tis more than conquering love may dare;
He flutters round youth's summer bower,
And reigns o'er hearts like summer fair.
He basks himself in sunny eyes,
Hides 'mid bright locks, and dimpled smiles;
From age he spreads his wings and flies,--
Forgets soft vows, and pretty wiles.