A SONG TO SILVER EYES
Reading edition
Now that the dayspring surely comes To wake a dreaming world once more And light a thousand, thousand homes With message from the Eastern shore; Though dawn doth shiver sad and grey And sombre clouds hide earth and sea, My love shall be the sun to me And glad’ my going through the day. When mournful darkness falls again To sink old earth in slumber deep, Save where the sisters, sorrow, pain, Their sobbing, throbbing vigils keep; Though faint my heart and dim my sight Beneath the storm’s immensity, My love shall be a star to me And guide my going through the night.