Salt Lake Times | 1890-04-10 | Page 6 | The Dream of the Aimless

i THE DREAM OF THE AIMLESS. ! dreamt a dream in the inornros. When the shadows were dim and pray, And oh I uch a prospect golden O'er my shining pathway lay. The earth was filled with gladness, The air was filled with song And I thought that but loTe and beauty Could inspire me all day long. I dreamt a dream at noontide, When half of the day was past; The first half I knew was barren, But glorious I'd make the last! , Yet the world lay part in shadow, ; The songs were not half so sweet 1 ' And love and beauty were fleeting j Like shadows beneath my feet. I dreamt a dream at even, When the day its course had run. And my heart grew sad within me. To think how little I'd done; i But I said, "I shall work to-morrow, And make my name be known 1 Till the nations of earth shall wonder ' As my mighty power they own :" But alas: and alas! time passes, ' liae sun rises, shines and seta; Each morning so full of promise-Each promise-Each even so full of regrets; And day follows day more fleetly. While ambition and glory rave-Till rave-Till at last, outworn and aimless, I shall sink in a nameless gravsj-