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No eye so bright, no step so light,
No laugh so full of glee
As a girl's, I ween, at sweet sixteen,
When the heart is trouble-free.
No laugh so full of glee
As a girl's, I ween, at sweet sixteen,
When the heart is trouble-free.
O the days are fair when devoid of care,
The golden hours so fleet;
And life so full and beautiful
Ere the "brook and river meet."
The golden hours so fleet;
And life so full and beautiful
Ere the "brook and river meet."
Rose-hued are dreams, for Hope's bright beams
Illuminate the way;
And the castles built are by fancy gilt
With many a shining ray.
Illuminate the way;
And the castles built are by fancy gilt
With many a shining ray.
Ay! girlhood's time flows on like rhyme,
All things are couleur-de-rose;
Youth loves the dance, tales of romance,
And leaveth age the prose.
All things are couleur-de-rose;
Youth loves the dance, tales of romance,
And leaveth age the prose.
Like to a bud is maidenhood,
Unfolding every hour;
We watch the dawn of young life's morn
As we would watch a flow'r.
Unfolding every hour;
We watch the dawn of young life's morn
As we would watch a flow'r.
I love to behold fair youth unfold,
To watch old Time transform
The childish face, while he adds new grace
Unto the girlish form.
To watch old Time transform
The childish face, while he adds new grace
Unto the girlish form.
