CORNWALL, BARRY
Portrait
English Poet
Attribution
Portrait by William Brockedon
Dates and Places of Birth and Death
BORN: Nov. 21, 1787
DIED: Oct. 5, 1874
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SIT DOWN, SAD SOUL.
Sit down, sad soul, and count
The moments flying ;
Come, tell the sweet amount
That's lost by sighing !
How many smiles ? a score ?
Then laugh, and count no more ;For day is dying !
Lie down, sad soul, and sleep,
And no more measure
The flight of time, nor weep
The loss of leisure ;
But here, by this lone stream,
Lie down with us, and dream
Of starry treasure !
We dream ; do thou the same ;
We love, forever ;
We laugh, yet few we shame,
The gentle never.
Stay, then till sorrow dies ;
Then, hope and happy skies
Are thine forever !
BARRY CORNWALL.
