YesterdayEllenMillerMiller, EllenIllustratorUnsigned
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DVPP Project TeamFralickKaitlynUniversity of Victoria Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry ProjectVictoria, BC, Canada
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Good Words21524It only seems
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Yesterday.It only seems
like yesterday :Why beats this heart ? ’tis over now ;And those bright dreams of love and hopeAre in the far-off long ago ;Yet time hath wrought no change in me,My love is linked to yesterday.It only seems but yesterday :How happily those days sped by !At evening I was sure to meetA sunset smile and starlit eye ;All those sweet smiles died out from me,With that sweet far-off yesterday.I sometimes meet a smiling face,A kindly word of sympathy ;But what are they to my crushed heart ?They only chain my memory :To those fond smiles that cheered my wayIn that sweet far-off yesterday.I wander back to those bright days,When all was one untroubled sea—My life a happy golden dream,No mazes of perplexity :Those golden dreams have died away,With that sweet far-off yesterday.Ah, well ! the past is over now ;And what there is in store for meI do not, dare not wish to know,Nor penetrate futurity.I know that all things work for goodTo those who put their trust in God ;And when I reach yon star-paved sky,The yesterday will be to-day.Ellen Miller.