Show LIGHTS AND SHADOWS The Strugglo Far In tho blue sky hung a soft whlto cloud Over tho mountains co high And thro tho wild canyons tho wind blow loud I And tho dreary night was nigh And there In tho valley a tender flower Parched ncath tho suns hot ray I Gazed at tho vapor many an hour While drooping md fading away And the flower loved the cloud no faraway I And far-away the cloud thought tho flowcrotto dear But between them the wind blow on always al-ways And they never onco came near And tho night came down on her sable wing And covered the world from sight And the flower twas a fragile and tender ten-der thing = Closed up Its petals with fright X I But all night long In the upper air When darkness let down her ellA ell-A fierce wild struggle was passing there And the sighing became l a wall I Far overhead they crash and dash Till the ancient ranges groan Ncath the hurricanes might and light flings flash The thunders deep undertones I And all thro the hours the strife wont on Each battled with each In vain Each hurled Its force the other upon Over and over again But alas the flower the cloud loved ao Had died of Its deep deep team And the wind sank down to a whisper ION And the cloud dissolved in tears A City Roadbuildors Soliloquy Pretty sparkling mountain stream Who would not your beauties sing Dancing In tho suns bright gleam Rippling and murmuring I From the mountain ranges high Onward ever on it coca To the city standing nigh Where It washes handsand clothes When Us low theyre all dismayed I Even plunged to miserys brink But oilr big mistake Is made It was never made to drink A Wink Although It la quick tIs not quicker than thought For thought must precede It I think But oh what a world of deep wining Is I brought And expressed In the space of a wink |