They come in the gathering twilight,
These echoes from out the sad past,
And I know that the gloom and darkness of night
Will end with the morning at last.
These echoes from out the sad past,
And I know that the gloom and darkness of night
Will end with the morning at last.
The dawn of an eternal sunshine
Will break with new beauties, I ween,
As the hand over yonder reaches for mine,
With nothing to bar there between.
Will break with new beauties, I ween,
As the hand over yonder reaches for mine,
With nothing to bar there between.
Pearls.
There was silence in Heaven, and listening,
The angels heard moans
Come from the Earth, and saw glistening,
Tears on bare stones.
As they looked, softly moonlight fell o'er them,
And changed them most rare
Into beautiful, costly and dainty gems,
Fit for queens' wear.
Then with the seal of His hand,
Through the air whirls
The word for our tears, the Father
Sanctioned them Pearls.
The angels heard moans
Come from the Earth, and saw glistening,
Tears on bare stones.
As they looked, softly moonlight fell o'er them,
And changed them most rare
Into beautiful, costly and dainty gems,
Fit for queens' wear.
Then with the seal of His hand,
Through the air whirls
The word for our tears, the Father
Sanctioned them Pearls.
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