| Hunt and Lee, comps. The Book of the Sonnet. 1867. | | | | I. To My Twin Boys | | By David Lester Richardson (1801–1865) |
| | | YE 1 seem not, sweet ones, formed for human care; | |
| Your dreams are tinged by heaven; your glad eyes meet | |
| A charm in every scene; for all things greet | |
| The dawn of life with hues divinely fair. | |
| How brightly yet your laughing features wear | 5 |
| The bloom of early joy! Your bosoms beat | |
| With no bewildering fear; your cup is sweet; | |
| The manna of delight is melting there. | |
| Twin buds of life and love! my hope and pride! | |
| Fair priceless jewels of a father’s heart! | 10 |
| Stars of my home! No saddening shadows hide | |
| Your beauty now. Your stainless years depart | |
| Like glittering streams that softly murmur by, | |
| Or white-winged birds that pierce the sunny sky. | |
| | | Note 1. “Literary Leaves; or, Prose and Verse, by D. L. Richardson. Calcutta, 1836.” [back] | | |
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