Drink To Her

<SPAN name="startofbook"></SPAN> <h1 id="id01758" style="margin-top: 6em">DRINK TO HER.</h1> <p id="id01759" style="margin-top: 2em">Drink to her, who long,<br/> Hath waked the poet's sigh.<br/> The girl, who gave to song<br/> What gold could never buy.<br/> Oh! woman's heart was made<br/> For minstrel hands alone;<br/> By other fingers played,<br/> It yields not half the tone.<br/> Then here's to her, who long<br/> Hath waked the poet's sigh,<br/> The girl who gave to song<br/> What gold could never buy.<br/></p> <p id="id01760">At Beauty's door of glass,<br/> When Wealth and Wit once stood,<br/> They asked her '<i>which</i> might pass?"<br/> She answered, "he, who could."<br/> With golden key Wealth thought<br/> To pass—but 'twould not do:<br/> While Wit a diamond brought,<br/> Which cut his bright way through.<br/> So here's to her, who long<br/> Hath waked the poet's sigh,<br/> The girl, who gave to song<br/> What gold could never buy.<br/></p> <p id="id01761">The love that seeks a home<br/> Where wealth or grandeur shines,<br/> Is like the gloomy gnome,<br/> That dwells in dark gold mines.<br/> But oh! the poet's love<br/> Can boast a brighter sphere;<br/> Its native home's above,<br/> Tho' woman keeps it here.<br/> Then drink to her, who long<br/> Hath waked the poet's sigh,<br/> The girl, who gave to song<br/> What gold could never buy.<br/></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />