BE thou, Indifference! my song,
And as life’s days glide careless on,
I’ll shed no sorrowing tear;
If thou wilt in my bosom dwell,
To every hope I’ll bid farewel,
In this terrestrial sphere.
Should all my life one tempest be,
Thy smiles, mild nymph! should solace me,
And heal each piercing dart:
Expand then thy protective wing,
Whilst thus to thee I lowly sing,
To tranquillize my heart.
Though chequer’d is this busy scene,
Would’st thou but gently pass between,
To stay the tears that flow;
Care would not hold such powerful sway,
Deforming oft the fairest day
Of youth’s inspiring glow.
Then place me in thy happy bow’r,
Secure from each unpitying show’r,
That chills life’s opening morn;
For ah! ’tis thine, with mystic skill,
To mould the bosom to thy will,
Of ev’ry hope forlorn.
Think not that I thy presence seek,
When sorrow’s tear bedews my cheek,
And low I sink opprest:
Thou know’st I’ve little pleasure known;
Her gilded days too early flown,
Have left an aching breast.
‘Tis true we seldom woo thy smile,
Life’s joyous moments to beguile;
For ere our bliss we know,
Dark clouds will every prospect gloom,
The future crushing in its bloom,
With swift impending woe.
Sure happiness, with transient ray,
Is like the sun in April’s day,
O’erclouded in an hour;
For oft when youthful hope runs high,
The dismal shade, the gathering sky,
Portend a threat’ning show’r.
Indifference! at thy calm shrine
I’d bow, though happiness were mine;
For thou canst soothe the soul,
When fate’s unkindest frowns appear,
Her mazy wand’rings thou canst cheer,
And every pang controul.
Then rest, Indifference! rest with me,
For oft I waft a sigh to thee,
To thee oft breathe a pray’r;
Though ills unnumber’d round me rise,
If thou but hear my pensive sighs,
I’ll bid adieu to care.
(Emma Lyon)
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