Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HEEDLESSNESS, by EMMA CATHERINE (MANLY) EMBURY


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HEEDLESSNESS, by                    
First Line: When like a fairy scene, in youth
Last Line: The anguish of a thoughtless word!
Alternate Author Name(s): Ianthe


WHEN like a fairy scene, in youth,
The untried world is spread before us,
When fancy wears the garb of truth,
And sunny skies are shining o'er us;
When never yet a dream of woe
The heart's deep sympathies have stirred,
How little then our spirits know
The evils of a thoughtless word!

When one by one our joys depart,
When hope no more each bright hour measures
When, like a Niobe, the heart
Sits lonely 'mid its perished treasures;
When far from human aid we turn,
And human comfort is unheard,
Oh! then, how bitterly we learn
The anguish of a thoughtless word!





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