The Tree of the Valley
Charles
Swain
Swain, Charles
Metadata research and editing
DVPP Project Team
Kailey
Fukushima
University of Victoria Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry Project
Victoria, BC, Canada
In the public domain
Poem signed Charles Swain, Esq.
(SP)
Forget-Me-Not
1840
264
The tree of the valley
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The Tree of the Valle
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By Charles Swain, Esq.
The tree of the valley
Waves gracefully round,
Its green leaves in beauty
Adorning the ground !
But dark ’neath its verdure
The broken bough grieves ;
And deep are its storm-wounds,
Though hid by the leaves !
’Tis thus with ourselves,
To the world we appear
All smiles, as unknowing
A sigh, or a tear !
And little they think,
Whom the light laugh beguiles,
That hearts which are breaking
Hide sorrow ’neath smiles !