My first well Day -- since many ill -- lyrics

My first well Day -- since many ill --

I asked to go abroad,

And take the Sunshine in my hands,

And see the things in Pod --

A'blossom just when I went in

To take my Chance with pain --

Uncertain if myself, or He,

Should prove the strongest One.

The Summer deepened, while we strove --

She put some flowers away --

And Redder cheeked Ones -- in their stead --

A fond -- illusive way --

To cheat Herself, it seemed she tried --

As if before a child

To fade -- Tomorrow -- Rainbows held

The Sepulchre, could hide.

She dealt a fashion to the Nut --

She tied the Hoods to Seeds --

She dropped bright scraps of Tint, about --

And left Brazilian Threads

On every shoulder that she met --

Then both her Hands of Haze

Put up -- to hide her parting

Grace From our unfitted eyes.

My loss, by sickness -- Was it Loss?

Or that Etherial Gain

One earns by measuring the Grave --

Then -- measuring the Sun --