Poems (Barker)/Waiting

by Alice J. Green Barker

For works with similar titles, see Waiting.

Waiting:

UNTIL LIFE'S SUN GOES DOWN.
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Waiting in the golden glory
While the sun of life goes down,
Gemmed with brightest clouds, all shining
From the radiance of the crown.
While the lovely glimmer points us
To the bright and open gate,
Where the peace of Heaven whispers,
"Here no weary soul need wait."

Waiting while the rays are fading,
As the angels gladly sing,
One more spotless soul in Heaven,
Hear the heavenly arches ring.
Waiting as the last faint glimmer
Fades in silent gloom away,
Telling us that angel fingers
Closed the shining gates of day.

Only opened for a moment,
As our loved ones enter in,
Can we mourn? We know forever
They are free from grief and sin.
Waiting when the song is ended
That a moment bade us smile,
Though our weary hearts were breaking
And we knew it all the while.

When our sun of life is setting,
Shall the angel's voice be heard?
Saying softly, "fold thy mantle,
For it is thy Master's word."
Shall the "gates of day" be opened?
And the glory of that land
Fall a moment o'er the valley
Where our mourning loved ones stand?

Oh! the gems that shine the brightest
Are the ones the angels bring,
From our hearts most simple kindness,
Sweetest songs o'er them they sing.
Waiting in the golden glory
While the sun of life goes down,
Gemmed with brightest clouds, all shining
From the radiance of the Crown.