TO ELIZA

by: Bernard Barton (1784-1849)

      would not, love! prefix a name like thine
      To verse that dwelt on ills which flow from strife:
      That name is one Affection would entwine
      Among those lovelier things that sweeten life.

      But these, with feelings of fraternal love,
      And with an author's mingled hopes and fears,
      These I to THEE would offer.-- May they prove
      Dear to thy heart for "days of other years!"

"To Eliza" is reprinted from Napoleon and Other Poems. Bernard Barton. London: Thomas Boys, 1822.

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