Wouldst thou know what life should be?
Were it mine but to decree
What its path should be for Thee ?
Look upon those sister powers,
Chained, but only chained with flowers, —
That bright group of rose-winged Hours


(3rd May 1823) Poetical Catalogue of Paintings - The Hours, by Howard. - The London Literary Gazette


Wouldst thou know what life should be? Were it mine but to decree What its path should be for Thee ? Look upon those sister powers, Chained, but only ...

Wouldst thou know what life should be? Were it mine but to decree What its path should be for Thee ? Look upon those sister powers, Chained, but only ...

Wouldst thou know what life should be? Were it mine but to decree What its path should be for Thee ? Look upon those sister powers, Chained, but only ...

Wouldst thou know what life should be? Were it mine but to decree What its path should be for Thee ? Look upon those sister powers, Chained, but only ...