clime (n.)
The cold in clime are cold in blood,
Their love can scarce deserve the name.
You think they are crusaders sent
From some infernal clime,
To pluck the eyes of sentiment
And dock the tail of Rhyme,
To crack the voice of Melody
And break the legs of Time.
Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle
Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime;
Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle,
Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime?
Father of all! in every age,
In every clime adored,
By saint, by savage, and by sage,
Jehovah, Jove, or Lord.
In ev'ry age and clime we see
Two of a trade can never agree.
Life! we 've been long together
Through pleasant and through cloudy weather;
'T is hard to part when friends are dear,—
Perhaps 't will cost a sigh, a tear;
Then steal away, give little warning,
Choose thine own time;
Say not "Good night," but in some brighter clime
Bid me "Good morning."
Now morn, her rosy steps in th' eastern clime
Advancing, sow'd the earth with orient pearl,
When Adam wak'd, so custom'd; for his sleep
Was aery light, from pure digestion bred.
Old England is our home, and Englishmen are we;
Our tongue is known in every clime, our flag in every sea.
Heart on her lips, and soul within her eyes,
Soft as her clime, and sunny as her skies.
To make a happy fireside clime
To weans and wife,—
That's the true pathos and sublime
Of human life.
Old age comes on apace to ravage all the clime.
