Poems (Stephens)/Are they with us?
ARE THEY WITH US?
Are they with us, who can tell me
If the friends we hell so dear,
That have passed beyond our vision,
Come in spirit to us here?
If the friends we hell so dear,
That have passed beyond our vision,
Come in spirit to us here?
Do they leave the realms of glory,
Mansions too of heavenly bliss,
Where no pain or death can enter,
To revisit scenes like this?
Mansions too of heavenly bliss,
Where no pain or death can enter,
To revisit scenes like this?
Leave companionship so blessed
As the angel host above,
Wishing still to linger near us,
Watching over earthly love?
As the angel host above,
Wishing still to linger near us,
Watching over earthly love?
Have they known how we have missed them
All these long and weary years?
Known our heavy weight of sorrow,
Measured not by sighs and tears.
All these long and weary years?
Known our heavy weight of sorrow,
Measured not by sighs and tears.
'T would be sweet to know them near us,
Though too pare for mortal sight;
'T would dispel life's deepest shadows—
Earth would still seem fair and bright.
Though too pare for mortal sight;
'T would dispel life's deepest shadows—
Earth would still seem fair and bright.