“THE RAINBOW on the ocean
A moment bright,
The nightingale’s devotion
That dies on night,
Eve’s rosy star a-tremble
Its hour of light,-
All things that love resemble
Too soon take flight.
The violets we cherish
Died in the spring;
Roses and lilies perish
In what they bring;
And joy and beauty wholly
With life depart;
But love leaves slow, how slowly!
Life’s empty heart.
O, strange to me, and wondrous,
The storm passed by,
With sound of voices thund’rous
Swept from the sky;
But stranger, love, thy fashion,-
O, tell me why
Art thou, dark storm of passion,
So slow to die?
As roll the billowy ridges
When the great gale has blown o’er;
As the long winter-dirges
From frozen branches pour;
As the whole sea’s harsh December
Pounds on the pine-hung shore;
So will love’s deep remember,
So will deep love deplore.
(George Edward Woodberry)”
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