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WATCHING.
But Nature was so kind!
Like a dear friend I loved the loneliness;
My heart rose glad as at some sweet caress
When passed the wandering wind.
Like a dear friend I loved the loneliness;
My heart rose glad as at some sweet caress
When passed the wandering wind.
Yet it was joy to hear
From out the darkness, sounds grow clear at last,
Of rattling rowlock, and of creaking mast,
And voices drawing near!
From out the darkness, sounds grow clear at last,
Of rattling rowlock, and of creaking mast,
And voices drawing near!
"Is't thou, dear father? Say!"
What well known shout resounded in reply,
As loomed the tall sail, smitten suddenly
With the great light-house ray!
What well known shout resounded in reply,
As loomed the tall sail, smitten suddenly
With the great light-house ray!
I will be patient now,
Dear Heavenly Father, waiting here for thee:
I know the darkness holds thee. Shall I be
Afraid, when it is Thou?
Dear Heavenly Father, waiting here for thee:
I know the darkness holds thee. Shall I be
Afraid, when it is Thou?
On thy eternal shore,
In pauses, when life's tide is at its prime,
I hear the everlasting rote of Time
Beating for evermore.
In pauses, when life's tide is at its prime,
I hear the everlasting rote of Time
Beating for evermore.
