Page:Poems Curwen.djvu/237

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This page has been proofread, but needs to be validated.
a little while.
229

A Little While.
TO ANNIE.

Only a few years longer
To tread the thorny road,
And then we shall rest
In the land of the blest—
The city of our God.

Only a little more patience
In sorrow and distress,
Then the victory won—
God's will being done—
He will be sure to bless.

Only a little more climbing,
Then you and I will stand
On the topmost height,
And, clothed in white,
Enter the promised land.

Only a few more struggles
With the world, the flesh, and sin,
Then we'll reach the gate
And with those that wait
And believe, we'll enter in.

Only a few more storms, dear,
And the voyage will be o'er,
And the danger past,
We shall anchor fast
On the eternal shore.