To E. — in Absence
A cloud passed over the sun to-day
It shadowed the windows of the town
And darkened the fields that stretch away
To the edge of the forest brown.
A cloud passed over my life to-day:
Its gloomy shadow hung wide and dense;
It came, an unbidden guest, to stay,
I can tell no one why nor whence.
O sun of my life, my light, appear,
And scatter the life-darkening clouds above!
No shadow can stay when thy face is near,
Smiling down from its heaven of love.
It shadowed the windows of the town
And darkened the fields that stretch away
To the edge of the forest brown.
A cloud passed over my life to-day:
Its gloomy shadow hung wide and dense;
It came, an unbidden guest, to stay,
I can tell no one why nor whence.
O sun of my life, my light, appear,
And scatter the life-darkening clouds above!
No shadow can stay when thy face is near,
Smiling down from its heaven of love.
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