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1857–1954

TO A DEBUTANTE.

William Douw Lighthall

Thou who smilest in thy freshness, Bright as bud in morning dew; Keep this thought in thy heart's bower “Ever turn, like sunward flower,

To the Good, the Fair, the True.”

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TO A DEBUTANTE. · William Douw Lighthall · Poetry Cove