...Perhaps a frail memorial, but sincere, Not scorned in Heaven, though little noticed here. Could Time, his flight reversed, restore the hours When, playing with thy vesture's tissued flowers, 75 The violet, the pink, and jassamine, I pricked them into paper with a pin, (And thou wast happier...

...hours, When playing with thy vesture's tissued flow'rs, The violet, the pink, and jessamine, I prick'd them into paper with a pin, (And thou wast happier...stroke my head and smile) Could those few pleasant hours again appear, Might one wish bring them, would I wish them here? I would not trust my heart —...

...hours, When, playing with thy venture's tissued flow'rs, The violet, the pink, and jessamine, I prick 'd them into paper with a pin, (And thou wast happier than myself the while, Would 'st softly speak, and stroke my head and smile) Could those few pleasant hours again appear,...