SONG — LOVE WHILE YOU MAY.

By Charles Sangster

Day by day, with startling fleetness,

Life speeds away;

Love, alone, can glean its sweetness,

Love while you may.

While the soul is strong and fearless,

While the eye is bright and tearless,

Ere the heart is chilled and cheerless —

Love while you may.

Life may pass, but love, undying,

Dreads no decay;

Even from the grave replying,

“Love while you may.”

Love's the fruit, as life's the flower;

Love is heaven's rarest dower;

Love gives love its quick'ning power —

Love while you may.