Poems (E. L. F.)/A dialogue
A DIALOGUE
BETWEEN THE WORLD AND THE HEART.
VOICE OF THE WORLD.
Here cease all sorrow, and all care forego,
Long blessed years of hope and gladness know;
Riches, power, honour, weave one endless maze
Of rare enjoyment, o'er thy future days.
Long blessed years of hope and gladness know;
Riches, power, honour, weave one endless maze
Of rare enjoyment, o'er thy future days.
VOICE OF THE HEART.
Oh! tell me not of riches, honour, power,
The transient shadows of man's little hour;
On the false glitter of such fragile toys,
I cannot, dare not, build my young heart's joys.
The transient shadows of man's little hour;
On the false glitter of such fragile toys,
I cannot, dare not, build my young heart's joys.
VOICE OF THE WORLD.
Then let me tell thy heart of friendship's might,
Twining two souls in one communion bright;
Of love's soft radiance melting care away,
The summer sunshine of our fitful day.
Twining two souls in one communion bright;
Of love's soft radiance melting care away,
The summer sunshine of our fitful day.
VOICE OF THE HEART.
Yea, friends in name I know that I possess,
And friends in power, prosperity, and bliss,
And friends to smile when all is bright and gay,
But not one friend to share a soul's dismay.
And friends in power, prosperity, and bliss,
And friends to smile when all is bright and gay,
But not one friend to share a soul's dismay.
And thus, with all the world can give, I feel
A chilly sadness o'er emotions steal;
For who could bear to tel the soul's deep thrill
To those who care not if that soul were still.
A chilly sadness o'er emotions steal;
For who could bear to tel the soul's deep thrill
To those who care not if that soul were still.