Pebbles and Shells (Hawkes collection)/Tears of Angels
TEARS OF ANGELS
Dark was the night, the cheerless starless night, But darker were the shadows round my soul, For hope and faith and strength had perished allAnd now it seemed there was no truth, no right. But while I slept, my sorrows all took flight And in my dreams the heavens opened wide, And hosts of angels gathered to my sideAnd gazed on me with faces wondrous bright, While down their cheeks there fell great drops like rain,And each did strive to soothe my trembling fears With thoughts of things above the vaulted blue.
Then breaking morn illumed the earth again, And when I sought to trace the angels' tears, Behold the grass and flowers were wet with dew.