Poems (Louisa Blake)/Disappointment
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DISAPPOINTMENT.
Farewell to the dreams which in childhood I cherish'd;
Farewell to the sunshine of youth's glowing day;
Farewell to the flowers of my hope;—they have perish'd,
Disappointment has touch'd them, they faded away.
Farewell to the sunshine of youth's glowing day;
Farewell to the flowers of my hope;—they have perish'd,
Disappointment has touch'd them, they faded away.
Where, where now are they to whom friendship once bound me,
The joy of my being, my life's purest light?
Alas! I then thought they would ever surround me!
The smiles of affection be ever as bright!
The joy of my being, my life's purest light?
Alas! I then thought they would ever surround me!
The smiles of affection be ever as bright!
They have form'd other ties, and their smiles fall as bright,
And cheer with their sunshine some happier spot,
Where dear ones assemble, and shadows fall light,
While she, the once loved, is alone and forgot.
And cheer with their sunshine some happier spot,
Where dear ones assemble, and shadows fall light,
While she, the once loved, is alone and forgot.
Oh, if there is bitterness, 'tis in the feeling
That we are less valued, less loved than before!
If grief, it is when the cold glance is revealing
That warmly and fondly, we 're cherish'd no more!
That we are less valued, less loved than before!
If grief, it is when the cold glance is revealing
That warmly and fondly, we 're cherish'd no more!