Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume III. Sorrow and Consolation. 1904. | | | | V. Death and Bereavement | | “Beyond the smiling and the weeping” | | Horatius Bonar (1808–1889) |
| | | BEYOND the smiling and the weeping | |
| I shall be soon; | |
| Beyond the waking and the sleeping, | |
| Beyond the sowing and the reaping, | |
| I shall be soon. | 5 |
| Love, rest, and home! | |
| Sweet hope! | |
| Lord, tarry not, but come. | |
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| Beyond the blooming and the fading | |
| I shall be soon; | 10 |
| Beyond the shining and the shading, | |
| Beyond the hoping and the dreading, | |
I shall be soon.
Love, rest, and home! etc. | |
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| Beyond the rising and the setting | |
| I shall be soon; | 15 |
| Beyond the calming and the fretting, | |
| Beyond remembering and forgetting, | |
I shall be soon.
Love, rest, and home! etc. | |
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| Beyond the gathering and the strowing | |
| I shall be soon; | 20 |
| Beyond the ebbing and the flowing, | |
| Beyond the coming and the going, | |
I shall be soon.
Love, rest, and home! etc. | |
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| Beyond the parting and the meeting | |
| I shall be soon; | 25 |
| Beyond the farewell and the greeting, | |
| Beyond this pulse’s fever beating, | |
I shall be soon.
Love, rest, and home! etc. | |
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| Beyond the frost chain and the fever | |
| I shall be soon; | 30 |
| Beyond the rock waste and the river, | |
| Beyond the ever and the never, | |
| I shall be soon. | |
| Love, rest, and home! | |
| Sweet hope! | 35 |
| Lord, tarry not, but come. | | | | |
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