A SONG.
Life is but a troubled ocean,
Hope a meteor, love a flower
Which blossoms in the morning beam,
And withers with the evening hour.
Hope a meteor, love a flower
Which blossoms in the morning beam,
And withers with the evening hour.
Ambition is a dizzy height,
And glory but a lightning gleam;
Fame is a bubble, dazzling bright,
Which fairest shines in fortune's beam.
And glory but a lightning gleam;
Fame is a bubble, dazzling bright,
Which fairest shines in fortune's beam.
When clouds and darkness veil the skies,
And sorrow's blast blows loud and chill,
Friendship shall like a rainbow rise,
And softly whisper—"Peace, be still."
And sorrow's blast blows loud and chill,
Friendship shall like a rainbow rise,
And softly whisper—"Peace, be still."
