1. <br /> <br />The dreams that charm'd me when a child, <br />Still linger with me yet, <br />For there are scenes of faded years, <br />I never can forget; <br />And there are eyes still beaming, <br />And hearts with friendships teeming, <br />That yet can great me ever, <br />With favor's warm embrace <br />And smiles that time can never <br />Dissemble or efface. <br /> <br />2. <br /> <br />Sad dreams of joys that never came; <br />Sweet hopes that e'er deceived, <br />And thoughts that pictur'd forth a scene, <br />I ever then believ'd; <br />And yet my heart is teeming, <br />With joys that are but seeming, <br />And hopes that seem to soften, <br />My vision, strange and wild; <br />But then Alas! how often <br />Deceive, as when a child.<br /><br />Septimus Winner<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/let-us-live-with-a-hope/
