A Sunbeam Gently Lies
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Title
A Sunbeam Gently Lies
Description
Across my path a sunbeam gently lies;
I seek to follow it, with blinking eyes,
The fairest and the dearest objects face,
Than never to have loved" - whate'er the cost
I know not whence it came - I think I know,
But, as I watch its glories come and go
It fades away! Whither then? Into the skies?I seek to follow it, with blinking eyes,
Wh[?]e things immortal [?] and grow;
But e'en imagination is too slow
To chase a sunbeam as it heavenward flies!The fairest and the dearest objects face,
Just as sunbeam comes and glides away;
But e'en while lingering in the loom and shadeStruggling through sorrow's night into the day.
We feel 'tis "better to have loved and lostThan never to have loved" - whate'er the cost
Creator
T. Thomas Fortune
Source
4:20, p. 2
Date
1891.02.07
Contributor
From the Brooklyn Sunday Eagle
Collection
Citation
T. Thomas Fortune, “A Sunbeam Gently Lies,” Periodical Poets, accessed September 8, 2024, https://periodicalpoets.com/items/show/508.
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