JOY MURMURS IN THE OCEAN.

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BY CHARLES H. STEWART.

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Joy murmurs in the ocean,

And laughs on shore outright;

The world’s in glorious motion—

Save mine, all hearts are light.

To tread in sunlight places,

With heart so strange the while—

To gaze in gladsome faces,

When all but you can smile—

To live while Hope’s high heaven

To others lends a ray,

To you no gleam is given—

Is this not grief, O say?