A SILVERY LINING TO EVERY CLOUD.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 217, 27 August 1887, Page 3

A SILVERY LINING TO EVERY CLOUD.

Tlu>' Hie woild nuy be tl.uk, and our foot step-, hi 1 loni-j No sunshine to gladden or cheer uk, When tlie. he<iils tint .u-Mound Us aie coltl is ,l St( IK , Ai.d no !i)\i'iL; lio-oni be ncu us\ Thu A loilune mi} f>.»un on our desol ite pail), And no i ay of liijht he scon shining, Still joy, 1 1 l o ' unseen, ho\ Cl'b ovci the llL'.lltll, For o.uli cloud huh a. silveiy lining. Tin/ fiientls may foisake us, or tie.it us with scorn, Yet still wo lnus-t try to remember That the gloomiest night has a radiant morn, And the {lowers bloom in Hpite of December. And w hat tho' the yi\ s of our youth .sliouM tit p. nt, T\\r\ will not be lesLoretl by repining ; For hope _\c( urn iiu^ to enliven tho'ieiit, And i icli cldiid h.ii iisilvciy lining. 'J1!)""J 1 !)"" tlie inter be o'ei us and all hm) seem diear, Ami the biids o'en their nests ha\e foi haken, Yet comfoit's at hand, for the spring time is near ; Let your confidence never be shaken. As theivy clings to the oak's mumbling bark, So round hope your yonnrg heart should be twining ; And when you look up, tho' the sky may be daik, Think each cloud has a bilvery lining. When trial and conflict would lender yon bad, When your pleasure is mingled with care, Then smilfi on your foituno, and try to be glad, But, oh, never give way to clc«paii ! An I when the rough gales of the winter are o'er, And the bright sun above us is shining, You'll find that your sorrows have all gone boforo, And each cloud has a silveiy lining.