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an old man's reminiscence.
What were his thoughts that hour, which thus awakened many a sigh;
And brought the shadow o'er his brow, the moisture to his eye?
What, in that old familiar place, had power to touch his heart?
To call that cloud of sorrow up, and bid that tear-drop start?
And brought the shadow o'er his brow, the moisture to his eye?
What, in that old familiar place, had power to touch his heart?
To call that cloud of sorrow up, and bid that tear-drop start?
The past!—the past!—how rolled the tide of Time's swift river back,
While the bright rays of Youth and Love shed lustre on its track:
Full fifty summer suns had shone, since on that silent spot,
Had passed a scene, while life was left, could never be forgot.
While the bright rays of Youth and Love shed lustre on its track:
Full fifty summer suns had shone, since on that silent spot,
Had passed a scene, while life was left, could never be forgot.
There had the holiest tie been formed, the marriage vow been given,
And she who spoke it then with him, was now a saint in heaven:
But long, long intervening years, seemed like an idle dream,
As o'er his soul with glowing light, came that bright vision-gleam.
And she who spoke it then with him, was now a saint in heaven:
But long, long intervening years, seemed like an idle dream,
As o'er his soul with glowing light, came that bright vision-gleam.
