Queen Berengaria's Courtesy, and Other Poems By the Lady E. Stuart Wortley. In Three Vols |
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JOY'S VISITS. |
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JOY'S VISITS.
A little while—one little while
Came Joy to visit me!
I learned the long-lost art—to smile.
I felt—strange feeling!—free!
Came Joy to visit me!
I learned the long-lost art—to smile.
I felt—strange feeling!—free!
One little while—a little while
Stern Sorrow sheathed her steel,
Removed the fetter and the file,
I felt that I could feel!
Stern Sorrow sheathed her steel,
Removed the fetter and the file,
I felt that I could feel!
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A little while—a little while
My heart did gladly beat—
Hope! I have found thee full of guile,
Yet, oh! renew the cheat!
My heart did gladly beat—
Hope! I have found thee full of guile,
Yet, oh! renew the cheat!
Though soon Grief's frowning power must come,
Thy wrecks beneath her feet
To tread in wrath, and threat'ning gloom,
Ah! still—renew the cheat.
Thy wrecks beneath her feet
To tread in wrath, and threat'ning gloom,
Ah! still—renew the cheat.
Though deep and dark reverses show
Thy raptures false as sweet—
And though they thus seem doubly woe,
Still, still renew the cheat!
Thy raptures false as sweet—
And though they thus seem doubly woe,
Still, still renew the cheat!
A little while—a little while
Come Joy to visit me,
And once more let me learn to smile,
And feel—blest feeling!—free!
Come Joy to visit me,
And once more let me learn to smile,
And feel—blest feeling!—free!
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A little while—a little while
Stern Sorrow sheathe thy steel;
Remove the fetter and the file,
And let me once more feel.
Stern Sorrow sheathe thy steel;
Remove the fetter and the file,
And let me once more feel.
And, oh! if I once more must bear
Fierce Disappointment, yet
The tortures of Joy's memory spare,—
And teach me to forget!
Fierce Disappointment, yet
The tortures of Joy's memory spare,—
And teach me to forget!
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