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First Line: He who fears the trial
Last Line: A la chatelaine!
Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin


(TO THE LADY OF THE CASTLE)

'HE who fears the trial,
Naught can hope to gain': --
Shall I make denial
A la Chatelaine?

Come then, MUSE, and lend me
All that poets feign:
Let my verse commend me
A la Chatelaine!

TIME, that rarely lingers, --
TIME, that churl ingrain, --
Kisses courtier fingers
A la Chatelaine;

Leads her by soft places
Free from stone and stain;
Spares his sterner traces
A la Chatelaine!

Ah! benign, caressing,
Still, O TIME, remain;
Send thy chiefest blessing
A la Chatelaine!

Make her sorest troubles
Light as summer rain;
Crosses be but bubbles
A la Chatelaine!

Neither mar nor mend her;
Save her toil and pain;
TIME, be always tender
A la Chatelaine!





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