THE POETRY OF FAITH.
" Faith sways the moonlight of the human tides." Zanoni. Sir. £. L. Bdlwer Lyttos. The dew's on the flower, And life's in its prime, The young morning hour Is unsullied by time; No gloom on the earth, And no cloud in the sky r For the sparkle of yonth Is still bright in the eye. But the dew it will vanish, , The flower will decay, And the rose-hues of morning. Will wither away; A gloom will hang over The earth and the sky, And youth never sparkle Again in the eye. Alas ! and they tell me The world has grown cold, The mart is its temple, Its ruler is gold ; I know 'tis defeatured By shame and by ill,: I know 'tis a ruin, But beautiful still. And I think after life, In some lovelier sphere, We shall dream of the faces. That smiled on us here; And mem'ry will hallow Each fault as afar, We look down from our homesIn the bright little star. And if of its glory This bright earth be reft, Yet why should we sorrow ? For Heaven is still left ; A shadow may rest on What now is so fair, The heavens may be darkened, But God is still there. Cantab. Pigeon Bay, 20th February, 1853.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume III, Issue 112, 26 February 1853, Page 12
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