by Charles Mackay (1814 - 1889)

Good‑Morrow
Language: English 
Shine brightly through her casement, sun;
  Thou gale, soft odours bring her; 
Ye birds that hail the dawning day, 
  Your sweetest music sing her; 
Smile, Nature, on her, as she wakes, 
  And hide all sights of sorrow; 
And have no sounds but those of joy
  To bid my love -- good-morrow! 

Good-morrow to those lustrous eyes, 
  With bright good-humour beaming;
Good-morrow to those ruddy lips,
  Where smiles are ever teeming.
Good-morrow to that happy face, 
  Undimm'd by cloud of sorrow. 
Good-morrow, heart that clings to mine --
  Good-morrow, love, good-morrow!

Confirmed with The Poetical Works of Charles Mackay, London, G. Routledge & Co., 1857, page 80.


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