Arthur Henry Adams - Song lyrics

TO a woman's wistful heart In a startled wave of feeling, Swift and sudden, Sweeps love's flood in, Joy with fear in rapture reeling; Scathe and sorrow, fret and smart, In one flush of gladness healing; Life beclouded, Sorrow shrouded, As a sunlit world revealing To a woman's wistful heart! To a woman's wistful heart, Warm with hopes that almost frighten. Love comes singing, Gladly bringing To her loneliness a light in. Pain and shadowed grief depart, Every hour life's glories heighten; Earth's wide wonder That has shunned her Like a flower blooms to brighten In a woman's wistful heart!