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It sounds to him like her mother's voice;

 Singing in Paradise!

He needs must think of her once more;

 How in the grave she lies;

And with his haul; rough hand he wipes

 A tear out of his eyes。



Toiling;rejoicing;sorrowing;

 Onward through life he goes;

Each morning sees some task begin;

 Each evening sees it close

Something attempted; something done;

 Has earned a night's repose。



Thanks; thanks to thee; my worthy friend;

For the lesson thou hast taught!

Thus at the flaming forge of life

 Our fortunes must be wrought;

Thus on its sounding anvil shaped

 Each burning deed and thought。







ENDYMION



The rising moon has hid the stars;

Her level rays; like golden bars;

   Lie on the landscape green;

   With shadows brown between。



And silver white the river gleams;

As if Diana; in her dreams;

   Had dropt her silver bow

   Upon the meadows low。



On such a tranquil night as this;

She woke Endymion with a kiss;

   When; sleeping in the grove;

   He dreamed not of her love。



Like Dian's kiss; unasked; unsought;

Love gives itself; but is not bought;

   Nor voice; nor sound betrays

   Its deep; impassioned gaze。



It comes;the beautiful; the free;

The crown of all humanity;

   In silence and alone

   To seek the elected one。



It lifts the boughs; whose shadows deep

Are Life's oblivion; the soul's sleep;

   And kisses the closed eyes

   Of him; who slumbering lies。



O weary hearts! O slumbering eyes!

O drooping souls; whose destinies

   Are fraught with fear and pain;

   Ye shall be loved again!



No one is so accursed by fate;

No one so utterly desolate;

   But some heart; though unknown;

   Responds unto his own。



Responds;as if with unseen wings;

An angel touched its quivering strings;

   And whispers; in its song;

   〃'Where hast thou stayed so long?〃







IT IS NOT ALWAYS MAY



No hay pajaros en los nidos de antano。

                Spanish Proverb



The sun is bright;the air is clear;

  The darting swallows soar and sing。

And from the stately elms I hear

  The bluebird prophesying Spring。



So blue you winding river flows;

  It seems an outlet from the sky;

Where waiting till the west…wind blows;

  The freighted clouds at anchor lie。



All things are new;the buds; the leaves;

  That gild the elm…tree's nodding crest;

 And even the nest beneath the eaves;

   There are no birds in last year's nest!



All things rejoice in youth and love;

   The fulness of their first delight!

 And learn from the soft heavens above

   The melting tenderness of night。



Maiden; that read'st this simple rhyme;

   Enjoy thy youth; it will not stay;

Enjoy the fragrance of thy prime;

   For oh; it is not always May!



Enjoy the Spring of Love and Youth;

   To some good angel leave the rest;

For Time will teach thee soon the truth;

  There are no birds in last year's nest!







THE RAINY DAY



The day is cold; and dark; and dreary

It rains; and the wind is never weary;

The vine still clings to the mouldering wall;

But at every gust the dead leaves fall;

    And the day is dark and dreary。



My life is cold; and dark; and dreary;

It   rains; and the wind is never weary;

My thoughts still cling to the mouldering Past;

But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast;

    And the days are dark and dreary。



Be still; sad heart! and cease repining;

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining;

Thy fate is the common fate of all;

Into each life some rain must fall;

    Some days must be dark and dreary。







GOD'S…ACRE。



I like that ancient Saxon phrase; which calls

  The burial…ground God's…Acre! It is just;

It consecrates each grave within its walls;

  And breathes a benison o'er the sleeping dust。



God's…Acre! Yes; that blessed name imparts

  Comfort to those; who in the grave have sown

The seed that they had garnered in their hearts;

  Their bread of life; alas! no more their own。



Into its furrows shall we all be cast;

 In the sure faith; that we shall rise again

At the great harvest; when the archangel's blast

  Shall winnow; like a fan; the chaff and grain。



Then shall the good stand in immortal bloom;

 In the fair gardens of that second birth;

And each bright blossom mingle its perfume

 With that of flowers; which never bloomed on earth。



With thy rude ploughahare; Death; turn up the sod;

 And spread the furrow for the seed we sow;

This is the field and Acre of our God;

 This is the place where human harvests grow!







TO THE RIVER CHARLES。



River! that in silence windest

 Through the meadows; bright and free;

Till at length thy rest thou findest

 In the bosom of the sea!



Four long years of mingled feeling;

 Half in rest; and half in strife;

I have seen thy waters stealing

 Onward; like the stream of life。



Thou hast taught me; Silent River!

  Many a lesson; deep and long;

Thou hast been a generous giver;

  I can give thee but a song。



Oft in sadness and in illness;

  I have watched thy current glide;

Till the beauty of its stillness

  Overflowed me; like a tide。



And in better hours and brighter;

  When I saw thy waters gleam;

I have felt my heart beat lighter;

  And leap onward with thy stream。



Not for this alone I love thee;

  Nor because thy waves of blue

From celestial seas above thee

  Take their own celestial hue。



Where yon shadowy woodlands hide thee;

  And thy waters disappear;

Friends I love have dwelt beside thee;

  And have made thy margin dear。



More than this;thy name reminds me

  Of three friends; all true and tried;

And that name; like magic; binds me

  Closer; closer to thy side。



Friends my soul with joy remembers!

  How like quivering flames they start;

When I fan the living embers

  On the hearth…stone of my heart!



'T is for this; thou Silent River!

  That my spirit leans to thee;

Thou hast been a generous giver;

  Take this idle song from me。







BLIND BARTIMEUS



Blind Bartimeus at the gates

Of Jericho in darkness waits;

He hears the crowd;he hears a breath

Say; 〃It is Christ of Nazareth!〃

And calls; in tones of agony;





The thronging multitudes increase;

Blind Bartimeus; hold thy peace!

But still; above the noisy crowd;

The beggar's cry is shrill and loud;

Until they say; 〃He calleth thee!〃





Then saith the Christ; as silent stands

The crowd; 〃What wilt thou at my hands?〃

And he replies; 〃O give me light!

Rabbi; restore the blind man's sight。

And Jesus answers; ''





Ye that have eyes; yet cannot see;

In darkness and in misery;

Recall those mighty Voices Three;













THE GOBLET OF LIFE



Filled is Life's goblet to the brim;

And though my eyes with tears are dim;

I see its sparkling bubbles swim;

And chant a melancholy hymn

   With solemn voice and slow。



No purple flowers;no garlands green;

Conceal the goblet's shade or sheen;

Nor maddening draughts of Hippocrene;

Like gleams of sunshine; flash between

   Thick leaves of mistletoe。



This goblet; wrought with curious art;

Is filled with waters; that upstart;

When the deep fountains of the heart;

By strong convulsions rent apart;

   Are running all to waste。



And as it mantling passes round;

With fennel is it wreathed and crowned;

Whose seed and foliage sun…imbrowned

Are in its waters steeped and drowned;

   And give a bitter taste。



Above the lowly plants it towers;

The fennel; with its yellow flowers;

And in an earlier age than ours

Was gifted with the wondrous powers;

   Lost vision to restore。



It gave new strength; and fearless mood;

And gladiators; fierce and rude;

Mingled it in their daily food;

And he who battled and subdued;

   A wreath of fennel wore。



Then in Life's goblet freely press;

The leaves that give it bitterness;

Nor prize the colored waters less;

For in thy darkness and distress

   New light and strength they give!



And he who has not learned to know

How false its sparkling buhbles show;

How bitter are the drops of woe;

With which its brim may overflow;

   He has not learned to live。



The prayer of Ajax was for light;

Through all that dark and desperate fight

The blackness of that noonday night

He asked but the return of sight;

   To see his foeman's face。



Let our unceasing; earnest prayer

Be; too; for light;for strength to bear

Our portion of the weight of care;

That crushes into dumb despair

   One half the human race。



O suffering; sad humanity!

O ye afflicted one; who lie

Steeped to the lips in misery;

Longing; and yet afraid to die;

   Patient; though sorely tried !



I pledge you in this cup of grief;

Where floats the fennel's bitter leaf !

The Battle of our Life is briet

The alarm;the struggle;the relief;

   Then sleep we side by side。







MAIDENHOOD



Maiden! with the meek; brown eyes;

In whose orbs a shadow lies

Like the dusk in evening skies!



Thou whose locks outshine the sun;

Golden tresses; wreathed in one;

As the braided streamlets run!



Standing; with reluctant feet;

Where the brook and river meet;

Womanhood and childhood fleet!



Gazing; with a timid glance;

On the brooklet's swift advance;

On the river's broad expanse!



Deep and still; that gliding stream

Beautiful to thee must seem;

As the river of a dream。



Then why pause with indecision;

When bright angels in thy vision

Beckon thee to fields Elysian?



Seest thou shadows sailing by;

As the dove; with startled eye;

Sees the falcon's shadow fly?



Hearest thou voices on the shore;

That our ears perceive no mo

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