comforts

And by the Power that makes us love our fellows,

And by the Power that comforts us in death,

Dying for great races to come--

Their Height in Heaven comforts not --

Their Glory -- nought to me --

" My comforts drop and melt away like snow;

I shake my licad, and all the thoughts and ends

When I might bring a blessing to their home,--

That toil and merit comforts had in store,

To bid the tear defile their cheeks no more.

And ev’ry rural bliss destroy,

Nought comforts then the leafless grove

But thy soft note – its only joy.

O bright-eyed Hope, my morbid fancy cheer;

Let me awhile thy sweetest comforts borrow:

Thy heaven-born radiance around me shed,

Scapegrace comes home money-laden,

Hero comforts tearful maiden,

Soubrette marries loyal chappie,

Nor envies a crown,

And comforts himself as he dow, as he dow,

And comforts himself as he dow.