Song
I.
W
hen I was young, I said to Sorrow,
“Come, and I will play with thee:”—
He is near me now all day;
And at night returns to say,
“I will come again to-morrow,
I will come and stay with thee.”
II.
Through the woods we walk together;
His soft footsteps rustle nigh me;
To shield an unregarded head,
He hath built a winter shed;
And all night in rainy weather,
I hear his gentle breathings by me.