Absence[;] A Farewell Ode on Quitting School for Jesus College, Cambridge

1. 1Where graced with many a classic spoil
2. 2CAM rolls his reverend stream along,
3. 3I haste to urge the learnéd toil
4. 4That sternly chides my love-lorn song:
5. 5Ah me! too mindful of the days
6. 6Illumed by Passion's orient rays,
7. 7When Peace, and Cheerfulness and Health
8. 8Enriched me with the best of wealth.
9. 9Ah fair Delights! that o'er my soul
10. 10On Memory's wing, like shadows fly!
11. 11Ah Flowers! which Joy from Eden stole
12. 12While Innocence stood smiling by!--
13. 13But cease, fond Heart! this bootless moan:
14. 14Those Hours on rapid Pinions flown
15. 15Shall yet return, by Absence crown'd,
16. 16And scatter livelier roses round.
17. 17The Sun who ne'er remits his fires
18. 18On heedless eyes may pour the day:
19. 19The Moon, that oft from Heaven retires,
20. 20Endears her renovated ray.
21. 21What though she leave the sky unblest
22. 22To mourn awhile in murky vest?
23. 23When she relumes her lovely light,
24. 24We bless the Wanderer of the Night.