Classic Poem

" FORTUNE waft you on your way! "
Sighs the Nymph, in sweet adieu —
" Fortune waft you on your way,
" Pleasure lead, and smiles pursue.
" To the partner of your heart,
" Speed ye on the wings of Joy:
" Blest the partner of your heart!
" Sorrow ne'er your peace annoy.

" Fortune waft you on your way! —
" Till the gentle fair you see.
" Love shall crown you — far away;
" Yet, may Friendship think on me.
" Thy summer bower, thy wintry fire
" May the social pleasures throng: —
" Summer's bower, and winter's fire
" Cheer'd alike with tuneful song.

" Fortune waft you on your way! "
Sighs the nymph — but sighs in vain.
Fortune turns another way;
Verse and Beauty plead in vain.