The Comparisons

The Comparisons

SOFT are the fruitful flowers that spring
The welcome promise of the spring,

And soft the vernal gale;

Sweet the wild warblings of the grove,
The voice of nature and of love,

That gladdens every vale.

But softer, in the mourner's ear,
Sounds the mild voice of mercy near,

That whispers sins forgiven:

And softer far the music swells,
When to the raptured soul she tells

Of peace and promised heaven.

Josephine

1:42, p. 4

1837.10.21

From the Newcastle Intelligencer