Come, sign the Temperance pledge, <br />Thou on life's tottering edge, <br />Come sign the vow! <br />What though thy hair be gray, <br />Languid thy pulses play, <br />Give us thy parting day, <br />Quick sign the vow. <br /> <br /> <br />Manhood, with sinewy form, <br />Breasting the hard world's storm, <br />Come sign the vow! <br />Here, dry thy partner's tears, <br />Here, hush thy children's fears, <br />Here, bless thy coming years, <br />Now sign the vow. <br /> <br /> <br />Childhood, with earnest glance, <br />Hither thy steps advance, <br />Come, sign the vow! <br />Haste, thy young promise bring, <br />Pure, simple offering, <br />Fresh, from th' Eternal Spring, <br />Now sign the vow. <br /> <br /> <br />Sinner of many cares, <br />Wilder'd with doubts and snares, <br />Come sign the vow! <br />Give us thy trembling hand, <br />Soon shall foul habit's band, <br />Break like an osier wand. <br />Come sign the vow. <br /> <br /> <br />Maiden, untouched by care, <br />Lovely, and fresh and fair, <br />Come sign the vow! <br />Turn here thy sparkling eye, <br />Lend us thy check's soft dye, <br />In all thy charms stand by, <br />And sign the vow. <br /> <br /> <br />Youth, with thy upward look, <br />Which not a stain can brook, <br />Come sign the vow! <br />On, for thy country's weal, <br />On, at dear home's appeal, <br />Take, for thy soul this seal- <br />Come sign the vow.<br /><br />John Pierpont<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/come-sign-the-vow/
