COME ONCE MORE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2110, 16 January 1886, Page 1 (Supplement)

COME ONCE MORE.

Not in the busy day ! The busy day is far too full of careEach Hour hath its duty and its shaie Of labour, and I may Not loose my thoughts from reason's firm control, Lost they f-hould spread their wings And soar beyond my leach, and all my toils Bo wasted for an idle dream that foils My hope of better tilings As thou hast done, thou darling of my soul. Not in the silent night ! The silent night was made to booth our pain, And sleep is sent from God that wo may Fresh strength to do the right ; Let not its claim be pierced by mcm'ry's dart My solace to affray ; Else shall my life look hideous by my dream, And faith and patience bander than they, seem By honebt light of day. ty&x not the night, beloved of my heart. Not at the hour of prtfyer ! The hour of prayer should be a time of . peace, When passions lull, and jealous discords cease, And only God is there. Come not betwkt the gates of pearl and me, Lest in my wild regret I should entreat of gracious heaven instead Of pouring blessings on thy faultless head, ', The day that brought me fchee and misery ! Yet come before I die ? Bsfore I die, when earthly lovo grows dim, And pale before the soft angelic hymn Of heavenly cboir nigh. Then may I that I worshipped gaze upon, And with my rest so near JRemenib'ring only that thou was beloved, I will forget the bitter past that proved Thee faithless dear, And bless thee still, my life* and death in one.