No more the sparkling glass invites, <br />It hath no charm for me; <br />The spell that bound me with delights <br />Is broken; and I'm free! <br /> <br /> <br />It lur'd me from my happy home, <br />It fill'd my heart with woe; <br />It made me wretched and forlorn, <br />A wanderer to and fro. <br /> <br /> <br />A beam of light broke on my mind, <br />Why was I thus distress'd? <br />What power on earth the will can bind? <br />By whom was I oppress'd? <br /> <br /> <br />Ay, now I see my deadly foe- <br />His hideous form appears: <br />He lurks within the pois'nous bowl, <br />'Mid sighs, and groans, and tears. <br /> <br /> <br />The poison'd chalice to my lips <br />Shall ne'er again be press'd <br />The Pledge I'll ever, ever keep, <br />For by the Pledge I'm bless'd!<br /><br />John Pierpont<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-saving-pledge/
