The Secret

TVhst Tvis it, i 11 Shat oM timo that I know, ü made tlio world wlth Inner beauty gtow, Noiv a vain show ? Still dance the shadows on the grass ai y'n, ?tlil move tlie clouds like grea'. caito thoujjliN away, Nor liaste, nor stay. Bul I lifive lost tliat breatfa wlthlnthe galo, That light to which thedaylight wa a vcil, Tlic starliliie palé. 8H1! al! the snmmcr wlth its tonga Ís flllcd Uut tlmt Oeliciüiis undertoue they held- Why s it Sttlled ? Once I took hcart that I woulil (lucí aíjain Tliu volees tli.it h:ul loo? iu silence lain, Nor live ín vain. 1-stood at nooiidav In tlie liollow wind Blátened at midnight, slraiglitened heart and mlnd If I might fiiul ! But all In vain I souglit, at eve snd moni, On Bunny seas, in aripping wooda forloru, Tüvtired aiul worn. Then I took up an hurable iraplement Aud down into the world's bright garden ■went, Ou labor bcut. And as I worked at weed and root in glee, Now humnihig and novv whistling cheerily, It carne to me. The secret of the glory that was fled, Shone like a swccp of sun'all overliead, And somethliig said: M The blessing carne because It was not SOUglit ; There was uo care if thou tvert blest or not ; Tho beauty and tln: woudcraü thy thought, Thyself forgot."