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PARTED.
A. M. M.
How dread the silence!—on the shore
We stand and shout in vain!
The voice that cheered us once, no more
Will answer back again.
We stand and shout in vain!
The voice that cheered us once, no more
Will answer back again.
If sainted ones their memories keep,
And love's most sacred vow,
Why yawns the gulf so wide and deep
That parts them from us now?
And love's most sacred vow,
Why yawns the gulf so wide and deep
That parts them from us now?
Methinks the silence speaks, “My share
Of griefs and conflicts o'er,
Why should the waves of mortal care
Break on the heavenly shore?
Of griefs and conflicts o'er,
Why should the waves of mortal care
Break on the heavenly shore?
“In all the works that I have done,
My spirit pleads with thee;
Go finish what my hand begun,
Then come and reign with me.
My spirit pleads with thee;
Go finish what my hand begun,
Then come and reign with me.
“Another Hand with touch divine,
Knocks softly at thy door;
A voice of deeper tone than mine
Pleads with thee evermore.
Knocks softly at thy door;
A voice of deeper tone than mine
Pleads with thee evermore.
“And in its sure prophetic tone
It tells of things to be,
When to the heart bereft and lone,
There shall be no more sea.”
It tells of things to be,
When to the heart bereft and lone,
There shall be no more sea.”
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