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ON THE RETURN OF SPRING.1825.
In vain, alas! are Nature's charms
To those whom sorrows share,
In vain the budding flowers appear
To misery's hopeless heir.
To those whom sorrows share,
In vain the budding flowers appear
To misery's hopeless heir.
In vain, the glorious sun adorns
And glads the lengthened day,
When grief must share the tedious hours
That pass in long array;—
And glads the lengthened day,
When grief must share the tedious hours
That pass in long array;—
When stern disease with blighting power
Has nipt life's transient bloom,
And long, incessant agonies
Unrespited consume.
Has nipt life's transient bloom,
And long, incessant agonies
Unrespited consume.
How lost the glow that pleasure thrilled
Once through the raptured breast,
When, bright in every blooming sweet,
This beauteous earth was drest!
Once through the raptured breast,
When, bright in every blooming sweet,
This beauteous earth was drest!
No joyous walks through flowery fields
Shall e'er again delight;
For sorrow veils those pleasing scenes
In deepest shades of night.
Shall e'er again delight;
For sorrow veils those pleasing scenes
In deepest shades of night.
