Poems (Ryan)/Beyond Life's Steep
BEYOND LIFE'S STEEP.
Beyond life's steep and rugged mountains, Beside a crystal, sparkling sea,O'er sands of gold, celestial fountains Flow fraught with life for you and me.
For aye, in fields of vernal green, The ransomed soul in peace reposes; And o'er that bright, eternal scene Blow zephyrs sweet as summer roses.
If we from Pisgah's mountain high, Could view earth's rising tides of woe. For Eden's fair fields, the heart would sigh And we would forget hopes wrecked below.