AFTERWARD.
0 strange, O sad perplexity. Blind grouping through the night. Faith faintly questions can there be An afterward of light i O >.eavy sorrow, grief and fear.?, That all our hopes destroy : Say, shall there dawn in coming years An afterward o( joy .' O hope that turn to nail and me. Sweet fruits that bitter prove -. Is there an afterward of true And everlasting love? O weariness!—within, without; Vain longing for release. Is there to inward fear and doubt An afterward of poace ? O restless wanderers to and fro. In vain and fruitless quest ; ■Where shall we find above, below. An afterwards of rest ? O death, with whom we plead :n vain To stay thy faial knife ; Is there beyond the reach of pain An afterward of life 1 Ah, yes: we know this seeming ill, When rightly understood. In God's own time and way fulfill His afterward of good. —Chambers' ■Journal.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 4278, 9 February 1884, Page 1 (Supplement)
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