DAYS
One day, set into June's most fragrant garland,
Aglint with sunshine and o'erspread with blue,—
A day when clasp of hands and kindly greeting
Gave to my life a friendship warm and true.
Aglint with sunshine and o'erspread with blue,—
A day when clasp of hands and kindly greeting
Gave to my life a friendship warm and true.
Another day, when all the sky seemed leaden,
And storms were sobbing through the wild March air,
When anguish tried my heart, and, weak and tempted,
From quivering lips uprose a wordless prayer.
And storms were sobbing through the wild March air,
When anguish tried my heart, and, weak and tempted,
From quivering lips uprose a wordless prayer.
Next morn a friendly breeze had wrought strange beauty,
The clouds were silver-lined and fringed with gold;
And my poor prayer had won a gracious answer,
Of worth surpassing all past hopes foretold.
The clouds were silver-lined and fringed with gold;
And my poor prayer had won a gracious answer,
Of worth surpassing all past hopes foretold.
Once, when the pallid sunshine of December
Shone over ice and ridgy stretch of snow,
A blessing came to me, and life's deep fountains
Found spring-time fulness in their joyous flow.
Shone over ice and ridgy stretch of snow,
A blessing came to me, and life's deep fountains
Found spring-time fulness in their joyous flow.
That dreary winter day was rich with beauty,
In that my life had found a safe release
From cankering doubts, and gained a trust, which rounded
What had been tumult, into perfect peace.
In that my life had found a safe release
From cankering doubts, and gained a trust, which rounded
What had been tumult, into perfect peace.
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