Written In An Album Poem by Alfred Gibbs Campbell

Dear Mrs. Montross,
May no troubles e'er cross
Your journey through life, but may all
Your pathway be bright,
And your heart ever light,
With never a shadow at all.


But if troubles come,
(As doubtless will some,)
Meet bravely and conquer them all;
For life, it is said,
Is half sun and half shade;
Some shadows on every heart fall.


Though clouds hide the sun,
They will fly, one by one,
And brightly he 'll shine as before;
Then in shade or sun
Journey cheerfully on
To where shadows fall nevermore;


To those realms above
Where joy, peace, and love
Have forever fixed their abode;
Where all souls at last,
Their kind discipline past,
Shall dwell in the bosom of God!