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POEMS.
SADNESS.
Bear with me kindly—
Speak to me gently,—
Ere long this deep sea of grief
Will have pass'd o'er;
And I shall go from you,
A weary, lone pilgrim,
From this world of strife free,
On Eternity's shore.
Alone and forsaken,
God only my beacon,
In this gloomy hour
Of my greatest distress,
I'll brave the dark billows—
Let seas roll between as,
But bear with me kindly
When beyond thy caress.
God only my beacon,
In this gloomy hour
Of my greatest distress,
I'll brave the dark billows—
Let seas roll between as,
But bear with me kindly
When beyond thy caress.
As God is my helper
In this deep affliction,
Which has dried up my life-blood
And sear'd my poor brain,—
Left nought in this dark world
To see or to wish for;
Oh, stop my sad heart
In its pulse-beat of pain.
In this deep affliction,
Which has dried up my life-blood
And sear'd my poor brain,—
Left nought in this dark world
To see or to wish for;
Oh, stop my sad heart
In its pulse-beat of pain.
