Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow/Yesterday and To-Morrow
YESTERDAY AND TO-MORROW
YESTERDAY I held your hand,Reverently I pressed it,And its gentle yieldingnessFrom my soul I blessed it.
But to-day I sit alone,Sad and sore repining;Must our gold forever knowFlames for the refining?
Yesterday I walked with you,Could a day be sweeter?Life was all a lyric songSet to tricksy meter.
Ah, to-day is like a dirge,—Place my arms around you,Let me feel the same dear joyAs when first I found you.
Let me once retrace my steps,From these roads unpleasant,Let my heart and mind and soulAll ignore the present.
Yesterday the iron scaredAnd to-day means sorrow.Pause, my soul, arise, arise,Look where gleams the morrow.