The monarch and other poems . hat peerless Alchemist, the heart,Transcending the magicians art,Imbues each tear, by passionwrought,With distillations of our thought. And hence emotions laden tear Knows more than wisest sage or seer Or oceans vast, that ebb and flow,Of human joy and human woe. 78 CHILDHOODS DREAM. h, blessed was that childhood day,When with sweet Alice, blitheand gay,I tripped adown the country lane, Her hand in mine—her gallant swain. 79 O, she was more than Saxon fairWith sunbeams nestled in her hair, While from her gladsome, heaven-blue eyesOne caught the gleams of paradise.
The monarch and other poems . hat peerless Alchemist, the heart,Transcending the magicians art,Imbues each tear, by passionwrought,With distillations of our thought. And hence emotions laden tear Knows more than wisest sage or seer Or oceans vast, that ebb and flow,Of human joy and human woe. 78 CHILDHOODS DREAM. h, blessed was that childhood day,When with sweet Alice, blitheand gay,I tripped adown the country lane, Her hand in mine—her gallant swain. 79 O, she was more than Saxon fairWith sunbeams nestled in her hair, While from her gladsome, heaven-blue eyesOne caught the gleams of paradise. Her lips were like two rubies set With pearls between — I see them yet As when she, blushing, to me said, I love you, if you love me, Ned. I answered in no doubting way,Down in the lane that joyful day; And thence our two hearts beat as oneAnd few were hours they beat alone. 80 No darkening shadow, cloud or mistPervaded that secluded tryst, But every sun shone full and fairAnd taught its rays to linger there. Life then was one sweet reverie; Its rhythm one fond melody;That melody one gentle voice Whose accents bade my heart rejoice But lo! what grief soon pierced my heartAnd sent its pang to every part When illness came, and Alice died, And wondering angels turned and sighed 81 And since that day, ho
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