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happiness lost and found.
Wrought in my very heart a charm,
And made it Summer there.
And made it Summer there.
Some dreamy moments pass'd before
My trembling hand unlatch'd the door,
And I beneath that roof once more
Stood silent with delight.
My mother welcomed back her boy;
My bashful Mary blush'd her joy;
And folding to my heart the prize
That now seem'd dearest in mine eyes,
And loveliest and most bright,
I saw again the vision fair,
The maiden with the radiant hair;
For Joy and I had parted there,
As there we met that night!
My trembling hand unlatch'd the door,
And I beneath that roof once more
Stood silent with delight.
My mother welcomed back her boy;
My bashful Mary blush'd her joy;
And folding to my heart the prize
That now seem'd dearest in mine eyes,
And loveliest and most bright,
I saw again the vision fair,
The maiden with the radiant hair;
For Joy and I had parted there,
As there we met that night!
Ah! many a youth will search like me,
Will roam the land and cross the sea
In quest of Happiness, while she
Sits all the while unseen
Beside the very hearth he leaves,
And there her golden web she weaves,
Perchance array'd in lowly guise,
Will roam the land and cross the sea
In quest of Happiness, while she
Sits all the while unseen
Beside the very hearth he leaves,
And there her golden web she weaves,
Perchance array'd in lowly guise,
