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Our First Young Love.

By Thomas Moore

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Our first young love resembles         That short but brilliant ray,     Which smiles and weeps and trembles     Thro' April's earliest day.     And not all life before us,         Howe'er its lights may play,     Can shed a lustre o'er us         Like that first April ray.     Our summer sun may squander     A blaze serener, grander;                 Our autumn beam                 May, like a dream         Of heaven, die calm away;     But no--let life before us         Bring all the light it may,     'Twill ne'er shed lustre o'er us         Like that first youthful ray.

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About Thomas Moore

Thomas Moore (1779–1852) was an Irish poet, singer, and songwriter best known for "Irish Melodies" (1808–1834), a collection of songs including "The Last Rose of Summer" and "Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms." He was the most popular poet of his era in the British Isles.

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