Classic Poem

IN the sunshine glancing,
Ocean waves are dancing,
Heaven above is calm and bright,
And earth is gay with cheering light.
Clouds aloft are sailing,
See the sunlight failing!
Where the rippling radiance played,
Now glooms the sad and sombre shade.
Soon the clouds, retreating
From the sun's warm greeting,
Leave the Ocean's balmy isles
All dimpled round with beaming smiles.

Cheering in their lightness,
Sparkling in their brightness,
Joyous eyes, like thine, impart
The sunlight of a loving heart.
Yet the shades, oft stealing
From the fount of feeling,
O'er thy brow their gloom diffuse,
And dim thine eye with gathering dews.
Dash away thy tears, Love!
Peace to all thy fears, Love!
Be the sunshine on my sea,
And smile for evermore on me!