“ALL LIVE UNTO HIM.”
Thy voice is not hushed, darling, though to me its tones are still,
And have left a silence in my home no music e'er can fill:
There is a place within God's world where thou art heard, my boy;
And thy words are words of praise, and thy tones are tones of joy.
Thine eyes are not closed, darling, though they are closed to me,
And half the light is gone with them from all the sights I see;
They have but opened on the day, the day that needs no rest,
And they shine like happy stars in the heaven of the Blest.
Thy spirit has not passed away, no sleep its vision shrouds;
It has but passed into the light, the light beyond the clouds.
Thou art not lonely, darling, though so lone thou hast left me;
Thousands of happy spirits love and rejoice with thee;
And He who loved the little ones and tenderly caressed
Has laid thee in His arms, darling, and clasped thee to His breast.
