“THE EAGER SUN COMES GLADLY FROM THE SEA.”

The eager sun comes gladly from the sea;

Remembering that one short year ago

He rose from unknown worlds of light below

Those same far waves, to shine on you and me

Standing together on the shore;—but we

Are strangely far apart to-day; and so

The saddened sun with lingering step and slow

Climbs the horizon, wondering not to see