Poems (Holmes)/Lines addressed to Miss J. L B.

by Alice Ann Holmes

Lines addressed to Miss. J. L. B.

Dear Jean, thy sweet and gentle voice
 Has won my heart to thee;
Oh may I hope in days to come,
 That thou my friend wilt be.

As ivy round the oak doth cling,
 So may our hearts entwine;
Thus by the genial warmth of love,
 May yield some fruits divine.

Then say, fair girl, shall this be so?
 And wilt thou be my friend?
Oh then my heart shall bound for joy,
 When it with thine shall blend.

Then will I thank my God, and pray,
 That in affliction's night,
Thou too mayst find some angel-form
 To strew thy path with light.