Upon the white cheek of the Cherub Year I saw a tear. Alas! I murmured, that the Year should borrow So soon a sorrow. Just then the sunlight fell with sudden flame: The tear became A wond'rous diamond sparkling in the light -- A beauteous sight. Upon my soul there fell such woeful loss, I said, "The Cross Is grevious for a life as young as mine." Just then, like wine, God's sunlight shone from His high Heavens down; And lo! a crown Gleamed in the place of what I thought a burden -- My sorrow's guerdon. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...APPROACH OF WINTER by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS DIXIE by DANIEL DECATUR EMMETT TO THE SOUR READER by ROBERT HERRICK A CALL TO ARMS by MARY RAYMOND SHIPMAN ANDREWS CURE FOR AFFLICTIONS by ARCHILOCHUS THE RAJPOOT WIFE by EDWIN ARNOLD |