Rich revealings of a mind
Within a loving breast enshrined,
To thine own fond bosom plighted,
In affection's bonds united:
The sober joys of after years
Are nothing to those smiles and fears.
"When is Sorrow's sting the strongest?--
When friends grow cold we've loved the longest,
And the bankrupt heart would borrow
Treacherous hopes to cheat the morrow;