THE HEART'S MELODIES.
[By J. Brent.]
Listen, listen, full is ever This wide world with music true ; Naught can still it, mar it, neverNaught that hate or wrong may do. Deep affection's faith may falter, And the idled ne'er love again ; Prayer, beside a ruined alter, To false Gods be breathed in vain. Gentle, humble, all who tremble While fierce passions round them jar, Shall hear whispers that resemble Angel voices from afar. None so weary, none so lonely, But some heart responsive gives Beat for beat, and love need only Touch the chord, and music lives ! Though the world with darkness blendeth » Though the wood be hushed and drear, Though the lone flower trembling bendeth, As the cold wind moaneth near ; Morn shall come — again from blindness All to life and glory start ; So, like light, one touch of kindness Wakes the music of the heart !
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Evening Post, Issue 226, 28 October 1865, Page 2
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147THE HEART'S MELODIES. Evening Post, Issue 226, 28 October 1865, Page 2
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