Church poetry : or, Christian thoughts in old and modern verse . ear I viewed,All garbed in fairy guise,Pledged constancy of good. Spring sang of heaven ; the summer-flowersLet me gaze on, and did not fade;Even suns oer autumns bowersHeard my strong wish and stayed. They came and went, the short-lived four,Yet as their varying dance they wove,To my young heart each boreIts own sure claim of love. Far different now ;—the whirling yearVainly my dizzy eyes pursue ;And its fair tints appearAll blent in one dusk 3 246 LIFE AND TIME. Why dwell on rich autumnal lights,Spring-time, or winters so
Church poetry : or, Christian thoughts in old and modern verse . ear I viewed,All garbed in fairy guise,Pledged constancy of good. Spring sang of heaven ; the summer-flowersLet me gaze on, and did not fade;Even suns oer autumns bowersHeard my strong wish and stayed. They came and went, the short-lived four,Yet as their varying dance they wove,To my young heart each boreIts own sure claim of love. Far different now ;—the whirling yearVainly my dizzy eyes pursue ;And its fair tints appearAll blent in one dusk 3 246 LIFE AND TIME. Why dwell on rich autumnal lights,Spring-time, or winters social ring ?Long days are fire-side nights,Brown autumn is fresh spring. Then what this world to thee, my heart ?Its gifts nor feed thee nor can bless ;Thou hast no owners partIn all its fleetingness. The flame, the storm, the quaking ground,Earths joy, earths terror, nought is thine :Thou must but hear the soundOf the still voice divine. O princely lot! O blissful art!Een while by sense of change opprest,Thus to forecast in heartHeavens Age of fearless
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