LIFE'S SIMILES.
O! Life should be like some sweet dream—
Thoughts, words, and deeds should flow,
As wave meets wave on some clear stream
Whose surface shows no rocks below.
Thoughts, words, and deeds should flow,
As wave meets wave on some clear stream
Whose surface shows no rocks below.
O! Life should be like some fair flower—
Whose sweet breath cheers the saddened heart,
Whose welcome fragrance hath the power
To soothe our griefs, and hope impart.
Whose sweet breath cheers the saddened heart,
Whose welcome fragrance hath the power
To soothe our griefs, and hope impart.
O! Life should be like some song-bird,
That loves to greet us with its lay;
That asks but only to be heard
While singing gayly on his way.
That loves to greet us with its lay;
That asks but only to be heard
While singing gayly on his way.
O! Life should be like some bright rill,
That waters deserts, else how drear;
Whose verdant margin shows it still
Hath ceaseless flowed the scene to cheer.
That waters deserts, else how drear;
Whose verdant margin shows it still
Hath ceaseless flowed the scene to cheer.
