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Whene'er I See Those Smiling Eyes.

By Thomas Moore

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Whene'er I see those smiling eyes,         So full of hope, and joy, and light,     As if no cloud could ever rise,         To dim a heaven so purely bright--     I sigh to think how soon that brow         In grief may lose its every ray,     And that light heart, so joyous now,         Almost forget it once was gay.     For time will come with all its blights,         The ruined hope, the friend unkind,     And love, that leaves, where'er it lights,         A chilled or burning heart behind:--     While youth, that now like snow appears,         Ere sullied by the darkening rain,     When once 'tis touched by sorrow's tears         Can ever shine so bright again.

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Thomas Moore

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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