Fly Not Yet.

Fly not yet, 'tis just the hour,     When pleasure, like the midnight flower     That scorns the eye of vulgar light,     Begins to bloom for sons of night,         And maids who love the moon.     'Twas but to bless these hours of shade     That beauty and the moon were made;     'Tis then their soft attractions glowing     Set the tides and goblets flowing.         Oh! stay,--Oh! stay,--     Joy so seldom weaves a chain     Like this to-night, and oh, 'tis pain         To break its links so soon.     Fly not yet, the fount that played     In times of old through Ammon's shade,     Though icy cold by day it ran,     Yet still, like souls of mirth, began         To burn when night was near.     And thus, should woman's heart and looks,     At noon be cold as winter brooks,     Nor kindle till the night, returning,     Brings their genial hour for burning.         Oh! stay,--Oh! stay,--     When did morning ever break,     And find such beaming eyes awake         As those that sparkle here?