诗歌YOUNG DARWIN'S DREAM

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YOUNG DARWIN'S DREAM.

1. Mother, I had a dream last night;—
   I thought the moon, in silvery light,

  Shed its effulgent rays
On placid lake, and hill, and dale;"
And I went forth to yonder vale,

Where the bright streamlet plays.

2. I went alone, you were not near

To guide my thoughts, my mother dear.

  Or teach me what is right;
I saw a child about my size,
With ruddy cheeks and sparkling eyes,

Of steps all free and light.

3. I could but love her as I gazed,
  And saw her eye to heaven raised;

  And yet her mean array,
With sinful pride my bosom swelled,
And thence each kindly thought expelled,

And chased them far away.

4. With scorn the lovely child I viewed, And then with haughty steps and rude,

I quickly passed her by;

When lo! a radiant form drew near,
The little stranger's heart to cheer,
  And check her rising sigh.

5. "Weep not, sweet cfiild," the angel said, "From Heaven I my flight have sped,

  To bear thee to thy home;
Nor scorn nor pride shall enter there,
And thou a robe of light shalt wear,

And thence shalt never roam."

6. O, mother, how my heart did beat
  To share with her that shining seat,

  And wear a robe of light!
But when to him my steps I turned,
Too soon, I knew that I was spurned

From yonder Heaven so bright.

7. He told me that it might not be,
  None but a heart, from pride all free,

  Could gain admittance there;
Then in his arms the child he bore,
In haste to yonder shining shore,

Eternal joys to share.

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