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A RETROSPECT.
But thou, Oh! heart, may'st garner,
And cherish every hour,
The rays of comfort breaking,
Like sunshine after shower.
And cherish every hour,
The rays of comfort breaking,
Like sunshine after shower.
Oh! heart, a glory falleth,
Like that on ripened sheaves,
When autumn's sunray slanteth,
Athwart the forest leaves.
Like that on ripened sheaves,
When autumn's sunray slanteth,
Athwart the forest leaves.
Go, draw the curtains of thy thought,
And let the sunshine in,
For with the bow of promise,
Thy soul's high arch is spanned.
And let the sunshine in,
For with the bow of promise,
Thy soul's high arch is spanned.
Go, sow beside all waters,
Time's tide flows swiftly on,
And soon the dim light drifteth,
That shadoweth the tomb.
Time's tide flows swiftly on,
And soon the dim light drifteth,
That shadoweth the tomb.
But thou, Oh! heart, shall rest,
Not in its lowering gloom,
Beyond the gates of heaven,
Thou, heart, shalt find thine own.
Not in its lowering gloom,
Beyond the gates of heaven,
Thou, heart, shalt find thine own.
