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* "Wearied With Their Hours Of Gladness,...
Playing mid the meadow flowers , All the shining summer hours ,
Chanced a thorn the buds among , Chanced a bee a hand that stung ,
Then were "April tears . " Feeleth Short deli little ght , son and and sorrow daug shorter hter , — , ¦
Joy is ever chasing sorrow , Pleasure new they hope to-morrow ,
Mid their "April tears . " Tear-dinim'd brows—how soon they lighten ;
Tear-dimm'd eyes—how quick they brighten ; _Looking into loving faces ,
Soon they lose the very traces Of their "April tears . "
Kisses , promises of others , Motherfathersister—brothers ,
Faith and , Love , lay hold so strongly , _jSTever these have spoken wrongly ,
Drying "April tears . " Hs * * *
Looking back to days long vanish ' d , Feel we like to exiles banish'd
From some home of hallow'd gladness To a place of gloom and sadness ;
Ours no "April tears . " " Many a wearyweary hour ,
, Grief hath reign'd supreme in power , Thorns unseen our way besetting ,
Cank ' ring cares our spirits fretting , Ours no " April tears . "
Short delight and fitful brightness , , Hearts that know but little lightness ;
Fearful what may be to-morrow , Looking forward to some sorrow ,
Ours no "April tears . " Bitter grief our heart is steeping ,
Scalding tears our eyes are weeping ; Looking into loving faces ,
See we only anguish traces , Nought to dry our tears .
Sadder still when hearts are bleeding , Secretly their sorrow feeding ,
By no outward tear revealing . All the inward grief they ' re feeling ,
English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1861, page 103, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041861/page/31/