SUNSHINE AND SHADOW.
When first I sung, my heart was full,
Of many a wild and witching dream,
And all within was beautiful
As moonlight on a tranquil stream;
Brightness and gladness, song and flowers
Came in the sunshine and in showers:
And whatsoe'er their tongues might tell,
My own heart could interpret well.
Of many a wild and witching dream,
And all within was beautiful
As moonlight on a tranquil stream;
Brightness and gladness, song and flowers
Came in the sunshine and in showers:
And whatsoe'er their tongues might tell,
My own heart could interpret well.
I thought the. mind was prone to turn,
And after nobler things aspire
Than the world's offers, and would burn
With pure and intellectual fire.
I did not think the heart would wander,
And all its riches idly squander,
In seeking after shining dust,
When gold was near that would not rust.
And after nobler things aspire
Than the world's offers, and would burn
With pure and intellectual fire.
I did not think the heart would wander,
And all its riches idly squander,
In seeking after shining dust,
When gold was near that would not rust.
I heard a voice within my heart
That told of high, ideal worth,
Till shaking off its baser part
My spirit soared away from earth.
That told of high, ideal worth,
Till shaking off its baser part
My spirit soared away from earth.
