Hope's fadeless star outshines Heaven's brightest spheres
And Faith, the angel of the tide of years,
Points out beyond Time's fog and mystery
The boundless ocean of eternity."
And Faith, the angel of the tide of years,
Points out beyond Time's fog and mystery
The boundless ocean of eternity."
Surge on bright Years, ye are but waves that tend
To bear us nearer to our journey's end;
When we look back our life's appointed way
Will we regret that ye refused to stay?
All that ye bear away we yet shall find,—
The jewels to thy murky depths consigned,
The blossoms tossed so swiftly from our sight,
All that was beautiful and good and bright
Are borne before us through Time's dark defiles
To wait our coming 'midst the fadeless isles.
To bear us nearer to our journey's end;
When we look back our life's appointed way
Will we regret that ye refused to stay?
All that ye bear away we yet shall find,—
The jewels to thy murky depths consigned,
The blossoms tossed so swiftly from our sight,
All that was beautiful and good and bright
Are borne before us through Time's dark defiles
To wait our coming 'midst the fadeless isles.
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