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CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE.
These threatening clouds above my head
May break in thick and shadowy showers—
Those infant storms—yet no faint dread
Shall darken o'er my placid hours.
May break in thick and shadowy showers—
Those infant storms—yet no faint dread
Shall darken o'er my placid hours.
Oh! when the Sun shines bright above,
And angry clouds afar are driven;
We cannot show with zealous love
How much we trust the o'erruling Heaven!
And angry clouds afar are driven;
We cannot show with zealous love
How much we trust the o'erruling Heaven!
I love to think, when clouds are near,
Of the unseen hand that spreads them round;
And then dismiss my careful fear—
Since there my hope of hopes I ground!
Of the unseen hand that spreads them round;
And then dismiss my careful fear—
Since there my hope of hopes I ground!
Yon threat'ning clouds then o'er my head
May break in dark and thickening showers;
But no faint, forward-looking dread
Shall dim my now delightful hours!
May break in dark and thickening showers;
But no faint, forward-looking dread
Shall dim my now delightful hours!
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