This page has been validated.
228
THE CHAPEAU NOIR.



Pause lady, on thy present time,
    It is life's brightest and its best;
Pause ere thou lettest love disturb
    Thy spirit's sunny rest.

For never yet came Love alone,
    Companions strange and sad has he,
Doubts, fears, regrets, and withering tears;—
    And must these be for thee?