A Similar Occasion, 17 September, 1825. <br /> <br /> <br />Where sucks the bee now? Summer is flying; <br />Leaves on the grass-plot faded are lying; <br />Violets are gone from the grassy dell, <br />With the cowslip-cups, where the fairies dwell; <br />The rose from the garden hath passed away? <br />Yet happy, fair boy! is thy natal day. <br />For love bids it welcome, the love which hath smiled <br />Ever around thee, my gentle child! <br />Watching thy footsteps, and guarding thy bed, <br />And pouring out joy on thy sunny head. <br />Roses may vanish, but this will stay? <br />Happy and bright is thy natal day.<br /><br />Felicia Dorothea Hemans<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/to-a-younger-child/
