The transient time, for ever past, <br /> <br /> How shall I dare review!— <br /> <br />The fatal day we parted last, <br /> <br /> And wept out last adieu! <br /> <br />Alas! that day has swell'd to years— <br /> <br />That sorrow to a sea of tears! <br /> <br /> <br />I would the mournful thoughts would fly, <br /> <br /> Regretted, loved in vain, <br /> <br />Among the dreams of memory <br /> <br /> That never come again!— <br /> <br />Would their remembrance might decay, <br /> <br />Swept like the autumn leaves away!<br /><br />Louisa Stuart Costello<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/song-the-transient-time/
