ODE TO THE DOONSTAR

Ah, cherished Doonstar !              Hark me from afar :
                 Rekindle her heart with your rays -
She that dwells in my heart          Ever till I part -
                 Sprinkle her path with roses.

How swift are the days !                Foe she comes of age,
                  This coming Saturday the Second,
So guard her in earnest                From evil, and bring est,
                  Prithee make her life jocund !

'Tis through you I see                  Her and she me
                 O Star ! reflected upon your boards;
Do convey my message             To her heart's walled cage,
                  And rebound back to me her words.

So many'll cheer her -                 Kins far and near,
                  This Eighteenth Birthday of hers;
Still O Star, send towards           Her this token of regards
                   From someone unseen she knows .......