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Poems (McDonald)/Stanzas

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4414330Poems — StanzasMary Noel McDonald
STANZAS,
suggested by the death of a young daughter of the rev. dr. schroeder.


I saw a lovely flower
Upon a slender spray,
But a rude blast came, with sudden power,
And swept its bloom away:
It bent beneath the blow,
And its leaves to earth were given,
But the bitter wind that had laid it low,
Bore its fragrance unto heaven.

I marked a rainbow's form,
When the summer shower went by,
Born of the sunbeam and the storm—
Spanning the eastern sky:
And I gazed upon the sight,
Till the glorious arch was riven,
And its varied hues of gorgeous light
Melted away in heaven.

I watched a merry bird,
Building its fairy nest,
And the glossy leaves by its wings were stirred,
Round that little spot of rest;
And I deemed its gushing song
Would still to mine ear be given,
But it plumed its wing for the skies ere long,
And soared, and sang, in heaven.

I gazed on a gentle star,
That was bright in the evening sky,
And thought, how it smiled in its home afar,
When watched by a mortal's eye;
But the tempest gathered fast,
And wildly the clouds were driven,
And the star was lost, as their dark folds passed,
But I knew it was still in heaven.

So, like that lovely flower,
And like that rainbow's light,
And like the bird of the summer bower,
And the glittering star of night;
Hath thy loved one, in life's pure spring,
From thy fond embraces riven,
Been borne away on an angel's wing,
To dwell in the light of heaven.