Poems (Louisa Blake)/Resignation
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RESTGNATION.
This life is but a varied scene,
Alternate light and shade!
The flowers just bloom beneath our feet,
And then they droop and fade.
Alternate light and shade!
The flowers just bloom beneath our feet,
And then they droop and fade.
In youth all prospects joyous seem,
Each path of life looks fair;
But age soon proves 'twas all a dream—
We wake to pain and care.
Each path of life looks fair;
But age soon proves 'twas all a dream—
We wake to pain and care.
Then since this world is such a scene
Of misery and of wo,
Since pain and grief obstruct our bliss
In this dark vale below
Of misery and of wo,
Since pain and grief obstruct our bliss
In this dark vale below
I'll place my hopes on Heaven above,
On joys which ne'er decay,
But which bloom brightly still, and fair,
When earth has pass'd away.
On joys which ne'er decay,
But which bloom brightly still, and fair,
When earth has pass'd away.