Show Lines to Longfellow THE night had come the day had gone gone gon I wandered all alone Throughout the decorated halls And heard the winds wind's low moan It filled my soul with discontent i In vain I longed for rest j 5 Not fiercer was the storm without Than that within my breast At last I spied a volume old Upon a shelf alone I turned the pages worn with age And found The The Day is Done I read it oer o'er and oer o'er again It soothed the awful strife I left it for a moment momen t then f r fAnd rAnd And read The The Psalm of Life 0 O glorious songs 1 0 O mighty mind That told them to the pen 1 I These simple heart-felt heart soothing words That comfort hearts of men They come like fragrance sweet of With precious seeds to sow Of peace like breath of violets That peep from neath the snow When care and sorrow bow the head And chill the aching heart They warm us with divine delight delight- A glow of peace impart They seem like angels angel's soothing palms That smooth the wrinkled brow And dry the tears from streaming eyes When Deaths Death's chill breezes blow When life seems but a daily toil That grinds your heart away Your lot is only constant strife Then read The Rainy Day Ah how each word sinks in the heart And bears the soul along As gently as the summer breeze Till voice breaks forth in song The one who wrote them now has gone His face has left this scene But still his spirit hovers round round- Breathes through Evangeline And other poems sweet and rare That call the human mind To nobler aims and deeds of worth By natures nature's God designed i If all on earth would but resol resolve ve veTo To do so well as he To comfort those who blindly plunge About in lifes life's dark sea There would not be so much despair would flee before the rod would Of loving words and sympathy And draw us nearer God Annie Clark |