once-lov'd

Updated: May 24, 2025

Pr'ythee continue, friend Dux, and, boys, restrain thy mirth." "Though the bard to a purer fame may soar When wild youth's past, Though he win the wise, who frowned before, To smile at last, He'll never meet a joy so sweet In all his noon of fame, As when first he sung to woman's ear His soul-felt flame; And at every close she blush'd to hear The once-lov'd name."

Frederick Marryat - Jacob Faithful