So Warmly We Met So warmly we met and fondly we parted, That which was the sweeter ev'n I could not tell,— That first look of welcome her sunny eyes darted, Or that tear of passion, which bless'd our farewell. To meet was a heaven, and to part thus another,— Our joy and our sorrow seem'd rivals in bliss; Oh! Cupid's two eyes are not liker each other In smiles and in tears, than that moment to this. The first was like day-break,new,sudden,delicious,— The dawn of a pleasure scarce kindled up yet; The last like the farewell of daylight, more precious, More glowing and deep, as 'tis nearer its set. Our meeting, though happy, was tinged by a sorrow To think that such happiness could not remain; While our parting, though sad, gave a hope that to-morrow Would bring back the bless'd hour of meeting again.