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[Waiting for the day to dawn]
“Willing rather to be absent from the
body, and to be present with the Lord.”—
2 Cor. v. 8.
Waiting for the day to dawn,
Peering through the darkness far,
Here and there a cloud withdrawn,
Here and there a star.
Peering through the darkness far,
Here and there a cloud withdrawn,
Here and there a star.
Dark and silent is the hour,
Not a whispering wind is heard,
Not an insect in a flower,
Not a twittering bird.
Not a whispering wind is heard,
Not an insect in a flower,
Not a twittering bird.
Long the night has been and slow,
Spite of good, remembered words,
And my heart is faint and low
With the loosening cords.
Spite of good, remembered words,
And my heart is faint and low
With the loosening cords.
Who is with me? Only Thou,
Thou, my never-failing Friend:
Lay Thy hand upon my brow,
Hold it to the end.
Thou, my never-failing Friend:
Lay Thy hand upon my brow,
Hold it to the end.
Lo! is that a gleam of morn
Touching yonder trailing cloud,
White and ghostly and forlorn,
Pallid as a shroud?
Touching yonder trailing cloud,
White and ghostly and forlorn,
Pallid as a shroud?
Yet within that cloud there lie
All the glories of the day—
Light, and life, and song; and I
Long for them and pray.
All the glories of the day—
Light, and life, and song; and I
Long for them and pray.
So I wait with failing strength,
Give me, Lord, the grace I need,
That I yet may die at length
Into life indeed.
Give me, Lord, the grace I need,
That I yet may die at length
Into life indeed.
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