shade and sunshine.
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"And thus shall it be," she thought—
"Thus shall it be,
Their eyes shall with tears be fraught,
Thinking on me;
Yet, my babes, catch the rays,
Never, in after days,
Beams come like infancy's
Unalloyed glee."
"Thus shall it be,
Their eyes shall with tears be fraught,
Thinking on me;
Yet, my babes, catch the rays,
Never, in after days,
Beams come like infancy's
Unalloyed glee."
Shade and Sunshine.
I closed the page: it was a tale of sadness,
And, with its impress heavy on my heart,
Sat musing on life's hopes, and blights, and madness,
Till twilight bade eve's lingering beams depart.
Dark and more dark night's shadows gathered round me,
Filling the air with loneliness and gloom,
Till star rays twinkled through the mist, and found me
A dreamer still within my noiseless room.
And, with its impress heavy on my heart,
Sat musing on life's hopes, and blights, and madness,
Till twilight bade eve's lingering beams depart.
Dark and more dark night's shadows gathered round me,
Filling the air with loneliness and gloom,
Till star rays twinkled through the mist, and found me
A dreamer still within my noiseless room.
Autumnal breezes flitted moaning by me,
As if some spirit's wail was on the air;
Whilst scenes of other times came sadly nigh me,
By memory conjured from the days that were.
Yes, trodden grounds upon the past were gleaming
Plain through the vista of departed years,
Each spot with old associations teeming
Sunshine and shadow, happiness and tears.
As if some spirit's wail was on the air;
Whilst scenes of other times came sadly nigh me,
By memory conjured from the days that were.
Yes, trodden grounds upon the past were gleaming
Plain through the vista of departed years,
Each spot with old associations teeming
Sunshine and shadow, happiness and tears.
