WHAT SHALL WE LOVE?
Shall we love the fairy flower,
That blushes in the breeze?
Shall we love the shades that lower,
O'er the dim and twilight trees!
Shall we love the lonely bower,
In the distant woodland scene?
Shall we love the mouldering tower—
Sad wreck of what hath been?
Oh! no; love not the things that perish,
Such fading phantoms, who would cherish?
That blushes in the breeze?
Shall we love the shades that lower,
O'er the dim and twilight trees!
Shall we love the lonely bower,
In the distant woodland scene?
Shall we love the mouldering tower—
Sad wreck of what hath been?
Oh! no; love not the things that perish,
Such fading phantoms, who would cherish?
Shall we love affection's light,
As it sparkles o'er our way?
Shall we trust in friendship's might,
With its heart-enduring sway?
As it sparkles o'er our way?
Shall we trust in friendship's might,
With its heart-enduring sway?
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