Littell's Living Age/Volume 140/Issue 1813/A Reproach, and its Answer

by Francis William Bourdillon

A REPROACH, AND ITS ANSWER.

The Sun cried to the laughing Sea,
⁠"Leave thy sweet wiling!
Hast thou no depths of love in thee,
⁠Too deep for smiling?"
But ever, till the day was done,
The Sea turned laughing to the Sun.

But in the darkness and the storm,
⁠Could he discover
What terrors toss, what fears deform H
⁠His laughing lover?
Oh! vainly love prays love be sad,
When his mere presence makes her glad.

Spectator.F. W. B.