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MY HUSBAND'S BIRTHDAY.
Bearing one another's burdens, Soothing one another's fears.Through the light and through the darkness That was cast upon our way—Watched the shadows turn to sunshine, And the sunshine turn to gray.
We have borne the heated burden Of our life's warm summer noon,And the deeper glow of twilight Will be gathered o'er us soon.And the night of death in blackness, "Like a mantle over all,"Shrouding earthly joys and sorrows In one great immortal pall.
When the Angel shall arouse us From our last unbroken sleep,And shall call the silent dwellers From the earth and from the deep,May we stand again together In that golden-tinted land,Always close beside each other, Walking ever hand in hand.
