A blind man's offering / by B. B. Bowen.

  • B. B. Bowen
Date:
1850
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A blind man's offering / by B. B. Bowen. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TO THE BLIND LECTURER. BY MRS. FRANCES S. OSGOOD. Thou walk’st the world in daily night: In vain they gleam, in vain, for thee, The mom upon the mountain height, The golden sunset on the sea. By every rill that trips away, In music through the woods to go, In all sweet nooks where sunbeams play, Our flowers in radiant thousands blow. They blow for those, who, careless, see The hourly wonders in their way ; They bloom for them, but not for thee, Whose soul would bless their bright array In vain in heaven the angels bend Their airy bow of bloom and light; In vain the stars glide forth, to lend Their golden glory to the night. But he, whom nature thus bereaves, Is ever Fancy’s favorite child ; For thee, enchanted dreams she weaves Of changeful beauty, bright and wild. For thee she braids her fairy flowers, For thee unlocks her gems of light, For thee she clothes the passing hours, Like radiant angel forms in flight. And pitying seraphs, sent from One Whose smile is still the spirit’s day, Soft round thee sing, His will be done, And lead thee on thy faltering way.
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