Classic Poem

Good Night

Good night! good night! our feast is ended,
By young and old with smiles attended;
Where Wit and Worth and Beauty blended,
To speed the hours with dance and song.
Beauty's smile
Free from guile,
Wit that shone
Wounding none:
And manly Worth and Woman true,
Good night! and joy go home with you.

Good night! and may your minstrel's numbers
Still echo on amid your slumbers,
To spell-bind every care that cumbers
The lover's heart, the mother's breast.
Beauty, Mirth,
Wit and Worth
Fall to sleep
Calm and deep,
Nor rouse, till rosy Morrow call,
" Awake, and joy go with you all! " English