Poems (Waldenburg)/Reflections

by Julia Douglas Fay Waldenburg

For works with similar titles, see Reflection.

REFLECTIONS.

Upon the loftiest mountain peaks
 Lies an eternal snow,
Within the soul that loftiest seeks,
 There dwells a lonely woe.

The woe in heart, the snow on height
 No sun can melt away.
The ghostly glacier in its might
 Gleams o'er no flowery way.

When on the ice the color plays
 And roseate splendor throws,
A reflex 'tis, that sunset rays
 In dying send the snows.

W here shines the head of martyr down,
 The soul its halo throws.
O'er brow with bay or laurel crown
 The great heart's passion glows!