English poem
L’Ennui
by Clarence Cook (1828–1900)
Oh April grass, so truly My wish for spring divining, Oh April sun, so gaily In at my window shining, What cheer can ye impart Unto a faded heart?
Oh thoughts of Summer days Born of the violet’s blue. Oh wooing western wind, That maketh all things new-- What cheer can ye impart Unto a faded heart?
Oh mountains brown and sere, Mantled in morning light, Oh golden sunset sea Wrecked on the shores of night, What cheer can ye impart Unto a faded heart?
Oh longings evermore For some ungiven good, Oh yearnings to make clear The dimly understood, What cheer can ye impart Unto a faded heart?
Cover thy weary eyes With hands too weak for prayer, Think on the happy past, From other thoughts forbear Which can no cheer impart Unto a hopeless heart.
The Roses, April 20, 1853.