Poems (Shipton)/The Last Night with the Dead
THE LAST NIGHT WITH THE DEAD.
"Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again."
John xi. 23.
Farewell, friend, till the shadows flee away!
Farewell, my loved one: it is sweet to say,
"Till our next meeting"; there no pain can come,
Nor partings dim the glory of our home.
We'll meet again—where God's redeemed ones dwell,
Where nevermore shall sound the word, "Farewell."
O joyful hope! for then I shall have gazed
On my Incarnate Lord; I shall have raised
To Him these heavy eyes, tearful no more,
And faith be lost in sight. My grief is o'er.
Farewell till our next meeting; it will be
Where Christ, not Death, shall veil thy face from me.
Farewell, my loved one: it is sweet to say,
"Till our next meeting"; there no pain can come,
Nor partings dim the glory of our home.
We'll meet again—where God's redeemed ones dwell,
Where nevermore shall sound the word, "Farewell."
O joyful hope! for then I shall have gazed
On my Incarnate Lord; I shall have raised
To Him these heavy eyes, tearful no more,
And faith be lost in sight. My grief is o'er.
Farewell till our next meeting; it will be
Where Christ, not Death, shall veil thy face from me.