 | 'Twixt Kiss and Lip or Under the Sword. By the author of "Women Must Weep," [i.e. F. W. O. Ward] Third edition |  |
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“I SLEEP, BUT MY HEART WAKETH.”
There is a day that has no beam of shining,
There is a night that is without a shade,
Though all the rays of earth's illuming fade,
And there is sorrow severed from repining.
There is a night that is without a shade,
Though all the rays of earth's illuming fade,
And there is sorrow severed from repining.
My captive bonds are bonds still not confining,
But into tender links of mercy made;
While every suffering is a sure refining,
And all my steps are (when I stumble) stayed.
But into tender links of mercy made;
While every suffering is a sure refining,
And all my steps are (when I stumble) stayed.
And if the night its chains of darkness maketh,
It cannot bind the soul whose faith is free,
And then the shadow in my spirit breaketh;
It cannot bind the soul whose faith is free,
And then the shadow in my spirit breaketh;
Yea, all my inner life begins to be,
And though I sleep, O then my heart awaketh,
For every dream is linked with love and thee.
And though I sleep, O then my heart awaketh,
For every dream is linked with love and thee.
| 'Twixt Kiss and Lip or Under the Sword. By the author of "Women Must Weep," [i.e. F. W. O. Ward] Third edition | |