Poem by Dora Sigerson Shorter

Clouds

Laughter and song for my cheer,
Life is so fair.
None so happy as I
Anywhere;
Birds in the woods carol clear,
White clouds in the sky.
Song silent and brow with a frown,
Why is this so?
Guiltless am I
Would you know,
The lark from the heavens drops down;
Grey clouds in the sky.
Sighing and tears for my sorrow,
Life is so drear,
None so weary as I,
'Tis a mere
Waste of love, and a wish for to-morrow—
Black night in the sky.

1. The Kine of My Father
2. An Imperfect Revolution
3. Sixteen Dead Men
4. The Fairy Changeling
5. You Will Not Come Again

Charles Heavysege Clouds ("Hushed in a calm beyond mine utterance")

Print

1144 Views

Last Poems

To Russian version