Poem by Thomas Moore

To Rosa

Like who trusts to summer skies. 
      And puts his little bark to sea.  
Is he who, lur’d by smiling eyes, 
      Consigns his simple heart to thee. 
 
For fickle is the summer wind,  
      And sadly may the bark be tost; 
For thou art sure to change thy mind,  
      And then the wretched heart is lost.

1. From “Irish Melodies”. 47. What the Bee Is to the Floweret
2. From “The Odes of Anacreon”. Ode 32
3. From “The Odes of Anacreon”. Ode 16
4. From “Irish Melodies”. 3. Erin! The Tear and the Smile in Thine Eyes
5. From “The Odes of Anacreon”. Ode 74

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