 | The poems of Mrs. Emma Catherine Embury |  |
SONNET.
Sorrow has changed all nature to my view,The woods are still as green, the fields as gay,
The stars are still as bright, the sky as blue,
As when they charmed me in my childhood's day;
But now in all their beauty I can see
Something that ever 'minds me of decay,—
Some leafless branch deforms the stately tree,
Some blight still lingers on the buds of May,
The starry watchers wear a softened light
As if I gazed on them through gathering tears;
But when I turn to yon pure sky, a bright
And glorious vision to my mind appears,
Making this earth seem dull beyond compare,
Since only heaven above is changeless as 'tis fair.
| The poems of Mrs. Emma Catherine Embury | |