Of eternal sorrow down our face;

And the hands we held, fond folly dreaming

That no future could their touch efface.

All will then be faded:—night will borrow

Stars of light to crown our perfect rest;

And the dim vague memory of faint sorrow

Just remain to show us all was best,

Then melt into a divine to-morrow:—

O how poor a day to be so blest!

Adelaide Procter.