"Until the Day Break," and Other Hymns and Poems Left Behind. By Horatius Bonar |
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ON THE SUDDEN DEATH OF AN
INFANT. |
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ON THE SUDDEN DEATH OF AN INFANT.
It was an undivided grief,
Not broken into parts, and spread
O'er long and weary months and years:
Mother! thy child is dead!
Not broken into parts, and spread
O'er long and weary months and years:
Mother! thy child is dead!
He did not dry up like the summer's brook
Beneath the sun's absorbing ray,
Which the eye watches in its slackening course,
Slow-ebbing in its current, day by day.
Beneath the sun's absorbing ray,
Which the eye watches in its slackening course,
Slow-ebbing in its current, day by day.
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The grief was sharp, but oh, how much was spared,
Even by the sharpness of the sudden blow!
No nights of watching, days of hope and fear,
Nor the sick weariness of lengthened woe.
Even by the sharpness of the sudden blow!
No nights of watching, days of hope and fear,
Nor the sick weariness of lengthened woe.
| "Until the Day Break," | |