Yes! I had hope when first we met, <br /> For hope and joy were in thine eye; <br />'Twas long before I could forget, <br /> I trusted thee so tenderly. <br /> <br /> <br />And even now, though years are flown, <br /> And all that charm'd me then was vain, <br />I think on happy moments flown, <br /> Until they seem to live again. <br /> <br /> <br />But I awake to truth and woe, <br /> And vanish'd is the pleasing dream, <br />Like the frail shade the moonbeams throw, <br /> Or image in the passing stream<br /><br />Louisa Stuart Costello<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/song-yes-i-had-hope/
