That was a day of delight and wonder. While lying the shade of the maple trees under He felt the soft breeze at its frolicksome play; He smelled the sweet odor of newly mown hay.
Thomas Dunn EnglishDon't you remember sweet Alice, Ben Bolt?Sweet Alice, whose hair was so brown;Who wept with delight when you gave her a smile,And trembled with fear at your frown!
Thomas Dunn EnglishYour eyes were filled with love, Kate Vane;Ah, would that we were young again!
Thomas Dunn EnglishO that a soldier so glorious, ever victorious in fight, Passed from a daylight of honor into the terrible night; Fell as the mighty archangel, ere the earth glowed in space, fell Fell from the patriot's heaven down to the loyalist's hell!
Thomas Dunn English