The following lines were written in Dora Wordsworth's "Album," in which Sir Walter Scott also wrote some verses.--ED.
Confiding hopes of youthful hearts,
And each bright visionary scheme,
Shall here remain in vivid hues
The hues of a celestial dream.
The farewell of the laurelled Knight
Traced by a brave but tremulous hand,
Pledge of his truth and loyalty
Thro' changeful years, unchanged shall stand.
But why should I inscribe my name,
No Poet I--no longer young?
The ambition of a loving heart
Makes garrulous the tongue.
Memorials of thy aged Friend
Dora thou dost not need;
And when the cold earth covers her
No flattery shall she heed.
Yet still a lurking wish prevails
That when from life we all have passed
The friends who loved thy Father's name
On her's a thought may cast.
DOROTHY WORDSWORTH.
January 1827.
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