Poems (Smith)/Life and Death
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LIFE AND DEATH.
My weary life is almost o'er,— Yon bright Heaven stands in view: No more pain, and no more sorrow,— Loved friends on earth I bid adieu.
Welcome death, and all beyond it: From this earth I long to flee. What is life? A living sorrow! What is death? I trust in Thee.