Poems (Hoffman)/The Other Side ("They are beautiful," said mamma, pointing to the starry skies)
THE OTHER SIDE
"They are beautiful," said mamma, pointing to the starry skies;
"Heaven is way up there," said Charley, lifting two great solemn eyes.
"Yes," said mamma, speaking softly, "but we cannot see it now;"
"We can see the bottom of it," Charley said with thoughtful brow.
What a thought of childlike wisdom
Baby Charley's words expressed,
Now we only see the bottom, sometime we shall see the rest;
If the earthly glimpses given be so beautiful, when wide
Swing the golden gates of Heaven, what will be the other side?
"Heaven is way up there," said Charley, lifting two great solemn eyes.
"Yes," said mamma, speaking softly, "but we cannot see it now;"
"We can see the bottom of it," Charley said with thoughtful brow.
What a thought of childlike wisdom
Baby Charley's words expressed,
Now we only see the bottom, sometime we shall see the rest;
If the earthly glimpses given be so beautiful, when wide
Swing the golden gates of Heaven, what will be the other side?