Poems (David)/Youth's Dream
YOUTH'S DREAM.
THE dreams of youth but quickly fade
Into a weary world of care;
The golden thoughts have caught a shade
And tarnish by this subtle air!
Into a weary world of care;
The golden thoughts have caught a shade
And tarnish by this subtle air!
The joys, the friends, for evermore
Have lost their bright and glittering hues,
And like a wild and arid shore
Unblest by heaven's gentle dews.
Have lost their bright and glittering hues,
And like a wild and arid shore
Unblest by heaven's gentle dews.
The fancied glory once attained,
In poor and shattered fragments lie;
The broken heart, the weary brain,
Whispers many a weary sigh!
In poor and shattered fragments lie;
The broken heart, the weary brain,
Whispers many a weary sigh!
The youthful dream hath lost its charm
Beneath this cold world's treach'rous glance;
Its hollow smiles have lost their balm,
The silent heart has ceased to dance!
Beneath this cold world's treach'rous glance;
Its hollow smiles have lost their balm,
The silent heart has ceased to dance!