We are moving shadows cast
On the world’s great picture screen;
Shadows in a drama vast,
Filled with varied act and scene.
Shadows flitting in the sun
Like the bees among the flowers;
Shadows hast’ning one by one
Down the course of passing hours.
Shadows in the sunny space;
Shadows on the tangled grass;
Shadows on the river’s face;
Shadows in the winds that pass.
Shadows playing in the lane;
Shadows fighting battles brave;
Shadows walking ways of pain;
Shadows falling in the grave.
Shadows moving in the grove,
Falling on the summer lawn.
On and off the screen they move,
But the play goes ever on.