Time no Enemy
Lillie! though thy girlhood flies
As the seasons come and go,
Pluck their meaning, and be wise;
Time was never Wisdom’s foe.
Catch the bloom of every day,
Winter’s white and summer’s glow.
Nursing good to better aye: —
Time was never Virtue’s foe.
Seeds of truth and noble worth
In thy spring-time plant and sow,
To make glad one spot of earth:
Time was ne’er the helper’s foe.
Give no tears to vain regret,
Waste no sign for hours that go,
Suns that rose red redly set:
Trust, and time is not your foe.
Busy hand and busy thought,
Hearts that feel for human woe,
Ever riper joys have brought:
Time is not the true heart’s foe.
Idle brain and selfish hand,
Hollow heart and longings low,
Reap their scattered desert sand:
Time is only Folly’s foe.
- Title
- Time no Enemy
- Alternative Title
- Lillie! thou thy girlhood flies
- Creator
-
George Shepard Burleigh
- Bibliographic Citation
- Oliver Optic's Magazine: Our Boys and Girls. 8:203:747 (November 19, 1870)
- Date
- 1870
- Subject
- Girls
- Little Compton Neighbors
- Morality
- Media
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Time no Enemy