Dear Fanny
By Thomas Moore
She has beauty, but still you must keep your heart cool!
She has wit, but you mustn't be caught so:
Thus Reason advises, but Reason's a fool,
And 'tis not the first time I have thought so;
Dear Fanny,
'Tis not the first time I have thought so.
She is lovely; then love her, nor let the bliss fly;
'Tis the charm of youth's vanishing season:
Thus Love has advised me, and who will deny
That Love reasons much better than Reason?
Dear Fanny,
Love reasons much better than Reason.
Source Book
The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore.
by Thomas Moore
Copyright undated, very old
Published by The Walter Scott Publishing Co. Ltd.
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