orphanhood.
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The shadow of the forest trees
Robbed us of life's enchanting plays;
Both heart and stream were dark always,
Shadowed by forest trees.
Robbed us of life's enchanting plays;
Both heart and stream were dark always,
Shadowed by forest trees.
The shadow of the forest trees—
We heard of love and of the sun,
But in our gloomy world were none,
Shadowed by forest trees.
We heard of love and of the sun,
But in our gloomy world were none,
Shadowed by forest trees.
The shadow of the forest trees—
One morn they quivered in the blast,
Wild moaned the storm, and broke at last
The shadow of the trees.
One morn they quivered in the blast,
Wild moaned the storm, and broke at last
The shadow of the trees.
The shadow of the forest trees—
'Mid tossing branches struggling through,
I hailed a sky of happy blue
Unshadowed by the trees.
'Mid tossing branches struggling through,
I hailed a sky of happy blue
Unshadowed by the trees.
The shadow of the forest trees
No longer hushed the streamlet's song,
In fierce wild mirth it sped along,
Unshadowed by the trees.
No longer hushed the streamlet's song,
In fierce wild mirth it sped along,
Unshadowed by the trees.
