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SUNSHINE AND SHADOW.
When first I sung, my heart was full,
Of many a wild and witching dream,
And all within was beautiful
As moonlight on a tranquil stream;
Brightness and gladness, song and flowers
Came in the sunshine and in showers:
And whatsoe'er their tongues might tell,
My own heart could interpret well.

I thought the. mind was prone to turn,
And after nobler things aspire
Than the world's offers, and would burn
With pure and intellectual fire.
I did not think the heart would wander,
And all its riches idly squander,
In seeking after shining dust,
When gold was near that would not rust.

I heard a voice within my heart
That told of high, ideal worth,
Till shaking off its baser part
My spirit soared away from earth.