golden rules in rhyme.
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And thus the world—when young Romance
Her airy dreams is weaving,
And Hope's soft rainbows round them dance,
As radiant, as deceiving,
Her airy dreams is weaving,
And Hope's soft rainbows round them dance,
As radiant, as deceiving,
Thus will the world, my child, destroy,
With treachery more refined,
The soaring dreams of love and joy,
The bubbles of the mind!
With treachery more refined,
The soaring dreams of love and joy,
The bubbles of the mind!
Then yet in time a lesson learn,
From one who learn'd too late,
That world, whose laugh we laugh to scorn,
Her fiat here is fate!
From one who learn'd too late,
That world, whose laugh we laugh to scorn,
Her fiat here is fate!
When honor, placed in reason's scales,
Outweighs the owl's opinion,
All free and fearless, trim your sails,
And steer for Heaven's dominion!
Outweighs the owl's opinion,
All free and fearless, trim your sails,
And steer for Heaven's dominion!
But still in trifles, where no wrong
Can come of yielding to her,
Oh! chord with hers your careless song,
And of her smiles be sure!
Can come of yielding to her,
Oh! chord with hers your careless song,
And of her smiles be sure!
