Lines: 'When The Lamp Is Shattered'.

1.     When the lamp is shattered     The light in the dust lies dead -     When the cloud is scattered     The rainbow's glory is shed.     When the lute is broken,     Sweet tones are remembered not;     When the lips have spoken,     Loved accents are soon forgot.     2.     As music and splendour     Survive not the lamp and the lute,     The heart's echoes render     No song when the spirit is mute: -     No song but sad dirges,     Like the wind through a ruined cell,     Or the mournful surges     That ring the dead seaman's knell.     3.     When hearts have once mingled     Love first leaves the well-built nest;     The weak one is singled     To endure what it once possessed.     O Love! who bewailest     The frailty of all things here,     Why choose you the frailest     For your cradle, your home, and your bier?     4.     Its passions will rock thee     As the storms rock the ravens on high;     Bright reason will mock thee,     Like the sun from a wintry sky.     From thy nest every rafter     Will rot, and thine eagle home     Leave thee naked to laughter,     When leaves fall and cold winds come.