Youthful Maidens

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Love, with rosy fetter,
  Held us firmly bound;
Pure unmix’d enjoyment
  Grateful here we found.
Bosom, bosom meeting,
  ‘Gainst our youths we press’d;
Bright the moon arose, then,
  Glad to see us blest.

Denmark’s honour beckon’d,
  Loud the canon roar’d;
Perish’d in the battle
  They whom we ador’d.
Sweet is, grave, thy slumber,
  Free from care and noise;
Short are earthly sorrows,—
  Endless heaven’s joys.

© George Borrow