Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Thomas R. Lounsbury, ed. (1838–1915). Yale Book of American Verse. 1912.

Edward Coate Pinkney 1802–1828

Edward Coate Pinkney

36 A Parting

ALAS! our pleasant moments fly

On rapid wings away,

While those recorded with a sigh,

Mock us by long delay.

Time—envious time—loves not to be

In company with mirth,

But makes malignant pause to see

The work of pain on earth.