Give smiles and sighs alike to all , Serve all, but love not any; Love's dangerous and delicious thrall Hath been the tomb of many. The sweetest wine-thoughts of the heart Are turned ere long to bitter; Sad memories loom when joys depart, And gloom comes after glitter. Why pawn thy soul for one lone flower, And slight the whole bright garland; Clarissa's eyes, Lucinda's bower, Will fail thee in a far land! Love God and Virtue! Love the Sun, The Stars, the Trees, the Mountains! The only living streams that run Flow from Eternal Fountains! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LAMENT FOR THE DEATH OF EOGHAN RUADH (OWEN ROE) O'NEIL by THOMAS OSBORNE DAVIS THE FLY by BARNABY (BARNABE) GOOGE DOVE RIVER ANTHOLOGY, BY OWN WILLIAM WORDSWORTH: LUCY GRAY by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS FEBRUARY THAW by KENNETH SLADE ALLING TO THE NEW YEAR, 1823 by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD |