Queen Berengaria's Courtesy, and Other Poems By the Lady E. Stuart Wortley. In Three Vols |
I, II, III. |
HOPE AND HAPPINESS. |
Queen Berengaria's Courtesy, and Other Poems | ||
HOPE AND HAPPINESS.
Hope came, and with a thousand smiles
She lit up earth and skies—
Then passed with all her gentle wiles,
And left a thousand sighs!—
She lit up earth and skies—
Then passed with all her gentle wiles,
And left a thousand sighs!—
Oh! worst of sorrow on the earth
To glimpse joy's heaven below—
Then know the sentence of our birth
Is bitterness and woe!—
To glimpse joy's heaven below—
Then know the sentence of our birth
Is bitterness and woe!—
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Hope not!—for still the fervent heart
Outstrips joy's portion here—
Joy! e'en less beautiful thou art
Following her heaven-born cheer!
Outstrips joy's portion here—
Joy! e'en less beautiful thou art
Following her heaven-born cheer!
Hope wrongs us—since she shows too much
Of Happiness' full light—
Bright treasures we may never touch
Were better veiled in night!
Of Happiness' full light—
Bright treasures we may never touch
Were better veiled in night!
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