And ceased upon the darkest day!

The warmth and glow that with her died

No light of coming suns shall bring;

The heart its wintry gloom may hide,

But cannot feel a second Spring.

O darkest day of all the year!

In vain thou com’st with balmy skies,

For, blotting out their azure sphere,

The phantoms of my Fate arise:

A blighted life, whose shattered plan