Discords | AdventAI

Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Mar 14, 1878

Discords.

It had some grains of truth, at least, That fable of the Sybarite, For whom, because one leaf was creased, The rose-strewn couch had no delight. I think not even sanguine youth Expects its gold without alloy, But this is still the sober truth,— A little pain can mar much joy.

'Tis pity that one thwarting thought, One adverse chance, one sudden fear Or sharp regret can turn to naught The full content that seemed so near! But this strange life of ours abounds With notes so subtile, they afford A thousand discords and harsh sounds For one harmonious, perfect chord.

—Chambers' Journal.