 | 'Twixt Kiss and Lip or Under the Sword. By the author of "Women Must Weep," [i.e. F. W. O. Ward] Third edition |  |
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SHINING SHADOWS.
Thou standest dimly between day and night,
And stealest still from each its rarest grace,
The bloom of all the treasures dark and bright,
Darling of Hope and every heart's delight;
And stealest still from each its rarest grace,
The bloom of all the treasures dark and bright,
Darling of Hope and every heart's delight;
And richly rendered in thy varying face,
What holy thoughts with shining shadows trace,
The faith that yet is more assured than sight,
When love and awe in perfect bliss embrace.
What holy thoughts with shining shadows trace,
The faith that yet is more assured than sight,
When love and awe in perfect bliss embrace.
Thy path is as the whisper of the west,
When earth is waking from its winter sleep,
That woos the violets from the valley's breast;
When earth is waking from its winter sleep,
That woos the violets from the valley's breast;
And time has ransacked all its riches deep,
The lands of laughter and the waves that weep,
To mould thy life so beautiful and blest.
The lands of laughter and the waves that weep,
To mould thy life so beautiful and blest.
| 'Twixt Kiss and Lip or Under the Sword. By the author of "Women Must Weep," [i.e. F. W. O. Ward] Third edition | |