Lewistown Gazette

miscellaneous.
THERE NEVER WAS AN EARTHLY DREAM.
There never was an earthly dream
Of beauty and delight,
That mingled not too soon with clouds,
As sun-rays with the night;
That faded not from that fond heart
Where once it loved to stay,
And left that heart more desolate
For having felt its sway.
There never was a glad bright eye
But it was dimmed by tears,
Caused by such grief as ever dull
The sunshine of our years.
We look upon the sweetest flower,
'Tis withered soon and gone,
We gaze upon a star to find
But darkness where it shone
There never was a noble heart,
A mind of worth and power,
That had not in this changing world
Pain, misery, for its dower.
The laurel on the brow had hid
From many a careless eye,
The secret of the soul within,
Its blight and agony.
There never was-there cannot be
On earth a precious Spring,
Whose water to the fevered lip
Unfailing we may bring;
All changeth on this troubled shore,
Or passeth from the sight;
O, for the world where joy and peace
Reign as eternal light!