This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1868 edition. Excerpt: ... one unbroken day, If life moved ever joyously Along a flowery way; 60 THE BRIGHT SIDE OF A DARK PICTURE. O where were man's best attributes? Where strength and bravery, And what should call endurance forth Or kindle charity? Ours is a world God-governed, And from the direst ill He can evoke eternal good, And ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1868 edition. Excerpt: ... one unbroken day, If life moved ever joyously Along a flowery way; 60 THE BRIGHT SIDE OF A DARK PICTURE. O where were man's best attributes? Where strength and bravery, And what should call endurance forth Or kindle charity? Ours is a world God-governed, And from the direst ill He can evoke eternal good, And noblest ends fulfil. % HUmurg. Fast down the sloping crystal Glided the golden sun, Smiling, as if complaisant, For his day's work duly done. Down to his amber palace He sails in a golden boat, And around on the sea-like ether Not a cloudlet dared to float. In at the open window Wandered the breath of the flowers, Odour of rose and lily, With spice from jessamine bowers. A MEMOR r. In at the window floated, And lingered, as loath to leave The room, which by pure taste garnished, Looked fair in the fading eve. The deep, sad eyes of the Laureate Looked down from his pictured face On the group in quietness gathered In that fair room's ample space. And I almost deemed they kindled With a brighter and prouder glow, As from her favourite volume A lady was reading low. She read of the king most kingly, Of the knight with unknightly stain, Of the fair, false queen, dishonoured, And the lorn lily-maid Elaine. O, many a scene of beauty Has beamed on my gaze since then, The beauty of mountain regions--Wild water and wooded glen. A MEMORY. 63 I have stood by the foaming river, And sat on the mountain's crest, I have strayed by a summer ocean, And sailed o'er its broad blue breast. But that scene of the twilight tender, That chaste room's quiet air, Those low tones gracefully blending With the beauty and fragrance there, Yet live in my pleased remembrance, Like some quaint old poet's rhyme, Or the tints of a grand old picture, Mellowed and toned by time....
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