28.10.2007, 14:31
CLOUDS.
THE mirky clouds that with their shade o'ercast
The sunless land with gloom and dull despair,
By sweeping hurricane and purging blast
Are riven up and split to cloudlets fair ;
These passing o'er the edge of evening's realm
Go on, through breadths of amber-lighted air,
To far-off lands, and with their glory whelm
The weary world in restful influence rare.
So all our stormy thoughts and gloom of mind
The stagnant vapour of a noontide heat-
Whirled round and cleansed by healthful stir of wind
In brighter forms their darker selves repeat.
The clouds of doubt that rise in restless youth
In mellower light dissolve to restful truth.
THE mirky clouds that with their shade o'ercast
The sunless land with gloom and dull despair,
By sweeping hurricane and purging blast
Are riven up and split to cloudlets fair ;
These passing o'er the edge of evening's realm
Go on, through breadths of amber-lighted air,
To far-off lands, and with their glory whelm
The weary world in restful influence rare.
So all our stormy thoughts and gloom of mind
The stagnant vapour of a noontide heat-
Whirled round and cleansed by healthful stir of wind
In brighter forms their darker selves repeat.
The clouds of doubt that rise in restless youth
In mellower light dissolve to restful truth.