The Vision of Prophecy and Other Poems By James D. Burns ... Second Edition |
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“Lord, if Thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.”
John xi. 32.
We sadly watched the close of all,
Life balanced on a breath;
We saw upon his features fall
The awful shade of death.
All dark and desolate we were,
And murmuring Nature cried,
“O surely, Lord, hadst Thou been here,
Our brother had not died!”
Life balanced on a breath;
We saw upon his features fall
The awful shade of death.
All dark and desolate we were,
And murmuring Nature cried,
“O surely, Lord, hadst Thou been here,
Our brother had not died!”
But when its glance the memory cast
On all that grace had done,—
And thought of lifelong warfare passed,
And endless victory won,—
Then Faith, prevailing, wiped the tear,
And looking upward, cried,
“O Lord, Thou surely hast been ere,—
Our brother has not died!”
On all that grace had done,—
And thought of lifelong warfare passed,
And endless victory won,—
Then Faith, prevailing, wiped the tear,
And looking upward, cried,
“O Lord, Thou surely hast been ere,—
Our brother has not died!”
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