The Album Writer's Friend / Comprising More Than Three Hundred Choice Selections of Poetry and Prose, Suitable for Writing in Autograph Albums, Valentines, Birthday, Christmas and New Year Cards.

by Unknown

Many kind wishes will be written here,

And none more sincere than mine.

But----

Words are lighter than the cloud-foam

Of the restless ocean’s spray;

Vainer than the trembling shadow

That the next hour steals away.

By the fall of summer raindrops

Is the air as deeply stirred,

And the roseleaf that we tread on