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Come, while the blossoms of thy years are brightest, Thou youthful wanderer in a flowery maze; Come, while the restless heart is bounding lightest, And joy’s pure sunbeams tremble in thy ways; Come while sweet buds, like summer flowers unfolding, Waken rich feelings in the careless breast; While yet thy hand the ephemeral wreath is holding, Come—and secure interminable rest! Come, while the morning of thy life is glowing, Ere the dim phantoms thou art chasing die; Ere the gay spell which earth is round thee throwing, Fades like the crimson from a sunset sky; Life hath but shadows, save a promise given, Which lights the future with a fadeless ray; O, touch the sceptre, win a hope in Heaven; Come, turn thy spirit from the world away!
Come, while the blossoms of thy years are brightest, Thou youthful wanderer in a flowery maze; Come, while the restless heart is bounding lightest, And joy’s pure sunbeams tremble in thy ways; Come while sweet buds, like summer flowers unfolding, Waken rich feelings in the careless breast; While yet thy hand the ephemeral wreath is holding, Come—and secure interminable rest! Come, while the morning of thy life is glowing, Ere the dim phantoms thou art chasing die; Ere the gay spell which earth is round thee throwing, Fades like the crimson from a sunset sky; Life hath but shadows, save a promise given, Which lights the future with a fadeless ray; O, touch the sceptre, win a hope in Heaven; Come, turn thy spirit from the world away!
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- Willis G. Clark (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
In print by 1888: recorded in A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888). Collection publication is an upper bound for this wording, not its earliest origin, composition date or the author's lifetime.
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 702 · printed citation: Willis G. Clark · subject: YOUTH
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