 | 'Twixt Kiss and Lip or Under the Sword. By the author of "Women Must Weep," [i.e. F. W. O. Ward] Third edition |  |
THE DOOR AJAR.
When Hope in Mercy came to mate with fear,
And left her heavenly home without a sigh,
To teach a world of sufferers how to die,
She did not come to man without a tear;
And left her heavenly home without a sigh,
To teach a world of sufferers how to die,
She did not come to man without a tear;
And those she shed were not allowed to fly,
Some fell as dew on bosoms sad and sere,
And others rose as heavenly lights on high,
That send their saving lustre far and near.
Some fell as dew on bosoms sad and sere,
And others rose as heavenly lights on high,
That send their saving lustre far and near.
She thought not of the worship she might win,
Nor of the fame that follows as a star,
The puissant hand that breaks the prisoner's bar;
Nor of the fame that follows as a star,
The puissant hand that breaks the prisoner's bar;
She only marked the suffering and the sin,
That stood between to stop our entering in,
And fondly left the door of heaven ajar.
That stood between to stop our entering in,
And fondly left the door of heaven ajar.
| 'Twixt Kiss and Lip or Under the Sword. By the author of "Women Must Weep," [i.e. F. W. O. Ward] Third edition | |