A LITTLE WHILE.
IT is so natural that we fall asleep Like tired children when the day is done, That I would question why the living weep when Death has kissed the laughing lips of one. We do not sigh when golden skies have donned .the purple shadows and the gray of night Because we know the morning lies beyond And we must wait a little wtiile for light '
So when, grown weary with the care and strife, Our loved one 3 find in sleep the peace they crave, J We should not weep, but learn to connt this life A prelude to the one beyond the grave: And thus bo happy for them, not distressed, But lift our hearts with love to God, and smile, And we anon, like tired ones will rest, If we will hope and wait—a little while. — ELLA B2NTLEY,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11629, 17 April 1901, Page 3
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