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 aims
Looms up behind and we drift out alone
No help to find,
Then, then the sinking Soul will realize
The need of a great God to hear its cries.
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 aims
Looms up behind and we drift out alone
No help to find,
Then, then the sinking Soul will realize
The need of a great God to hear its cries.