Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-05-16
SUNBEANIS.
nY Mas. MAMIE STEELE MOORE.

sat in my own, my beautiful home
Where the sunbeams danced gayly around me,
Lighting up carpet, furniture and room
With magical power that bound me.
Twas the springtime of life, ere time had touch ed
My youthful brow with his whitening hand
And my selfish nature marveled much
If the sun shone as bright all DER our land.
Softly stole from my cozy retreat,
Out among flowers, in the open air,
And leisurely strolled adown the street,
Where the sunbeams fell with the ruddiest glare
On, on 1 went, till the bright beaIning rays
Seemed network of gold above my head;
And shading my eyes from their burning daze,
1.-THE sun mast shine bright everywhere I said
wandered on to castle old
Lonely, deserted and crumbling away;
1t was covered with moss and lined with mold
Its ancient hag-stones were broken and gray
But the sunbeams danced from ceiling to floor,
And cheerfully lighted the dingy walls;
Through the broken windows and fallen door
Their radiance flooded the silent halls.
Still further I strolled till my hayward feet
Pressed gravel walk that led to door.
Twas only cottage simple but neat
Its clever inmates were honest, but poor.
A dame was busily turning wheel,
Humming an old-fashioned, lively air;
The table was spread for the MONDAY meal,
While sunbeams played hide-and-seek on the stair
Farther strayed, to dreary abode,
A lowly hut where the grass had grown high.
AS turned my steps from the leading road,
"Ahl the sun can never shine here" said I.
entered the gloomy, dismal place,
From which every comfort OF life had fed;
Where wasted form, with pale, sad face,
Lay wrecked by disease, on rude, low bed.
And again found the mistake was NINE;
For, through every crevice and crealdng door,
Crept the radiant streaks of bright sunshine,
That chased each other DER the rough, bare floor
They fell in tender CLEANS across the bed,
And danced in bright spots on the smoke-tagge6
wall:
They gently shone through the boards overhead,
And quietly down on our heads did fall,
Till shining ray seemed to burn my brow,
And suddenly my brain began to whirl.
so. yes,'' exclaimed, 60 am satisfied now,
For know the sun shines all over the world"
With still greater force fell the glowing beam,
Till its fiery touch seemed to SINCE my hair.
The bright sun woke me-'twes only dream,
While doing sweetly in great armchair.
But in later years, found that my dream
Was glorious vision of ife's great truth;
| And the blessed sunshine as brightly beams
For me to-day as it did in my youth.
AS Fate blindly leads me along life's way,
Often in places that seem dark and drear,
Sunbeams from heaven still fall DER my way,
Greeting and cheering me everywhere.
And higher lesson it teaches men
A knowledge of trust a knowledge of love-
For the blessings of God daily see
Falling like sunbeams from heaven above
While pure religion flows freely for all,
In palace or hut it enters the door;
It's blessed influence like sunbeams fall
Alike on the hearts Of wealthy and poor.
Where clouds seem the darkest and life SO drear,
1t breaks through the gloom in golden ray,
And brings to the Borrowing ones good cheer,
That tells of better and brighter day;
Whispers of a fairer and brighter land,
Where the light of glory will ever shine
Far brighter than sunbeams, upon the strand
Of eternal repose and endless time.
Chicago LEDGER.