So warmly we met and so fondly we parted,
That which was the sweeter even I could not tell,—
That first look of welcome her sunny eyes darted,
Or that tear of passion, which blest our farewell.
To meet was a heaven and to part thus another,—
Our joy and our sorrow seemed rivals in bliss;
Oh! Cupid's two eyes are not liker each other
In smiles and in tears than that moment to this.
The first was like day-break, new, sudden, delicious,—
The dawn of a pleasure scarce kindled up yet;
The last like the farewell of daylight, more precious,
More glowing and deep, as‘ tis nearer its set.
Our meeting, tho’ happy, was tinged by a sorrow
To think that such happiness could not remain;
While our parting, tho’ sad, gave a hope that to-morrow
Would bring back the blest hour of meeting again.