Poems (Hoffman)/Lost
For works with similar titles, see Lost.
LOST
When the last sunset ray has faded from Life's troubled wave,And earth and sky and yearning sea are dumb, That once a solace gave;When midnight darkness gathers very near Life's little shattered raft,And lips are chilled to silence with their fear, That in the light have laughed;When a great wreck of wordly hopes and aimsLooms up behind and we drift out alone No help to find,Then, then the sinking Soul will realizeThe need of a great God to hear its cries.