Landon in The Literary Gazette 1826/Changes

by Letitia Elizabeth Landon

Literary Gazette, 14th October, 1826, Page 652

ORIGINAL POETRY.

CHANGES.

Leaves grow green to fall,
    Flowers grow fair to fade,
Fruits grow ripe to rot—
    All but for passing made.

So our hopes decline,
    So joys pass away,
So do feelings turn
    To darkness and decay.

Yet some leaves never change,
    Some scenes outlive their bloom,
Some fruits delight for years,
    Mid all this death and doom.

So are there some sweet hopes
    That linger to the last—
Affections that will smile
    Even when all else is past.

Only to patient search
    Blessings like these are given—
When the heart has turn'd from earth,
    And sought for them in heaven.
⁠L. E. L.

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