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POEMS.
Loved sharer and soother of joys and of sorrows,
In moments of gladness, in long hours of care,
Afar from thee e'er may life's wild tempests darken,
Thy sunshine ne'er fade to the gloom of despair:
With the dreams of my childhood, a fervent prayer rises,
That o'er Trouble's waters Joy's shore may be won;
Together we have seen dark Night close around us,
Together may watch it give place to our sun.
R. A.
In moments of gladness, in long hours of care,
Afar from thee e'er may life's wild tempests darken,
Thy sunshine ne'er fade to the gloom of despair:
With the dreams of my childhood, a fervent prayer rises,
That o'er Trouble's waters Joy's shore may be won;
Together we have seen dark Night close around us,
Together may watch it give place to our sun.
R. A.
THE SEASONS.
Who cometh, who cometh, with footsteps light,
Calling up smiles to the woodlands bright,
Casting rich tints where a shadow hath been,
Clothing the fields in a mantle of green?
The snowdrop is smiling his coming to meet,
The violet springs from its hiding-place sweet;
There's a glow on the earth, there's a glow in the sky,
And the blossoms burst forth as his step passes by.
Calling up smiles to the woodlands bright,
Casting rich tints where a shadow hath been,
Clothing the fields in a mantle of green?
The snowdrop is smiling his coming to meet,
The violet springs from its hiding-place sweet;
There's a glow on the earth, there's a glow in the sky,
And the blossoms burst forth as his step passes by.
