Henry Charles Beeching, ed. (1859–1919). Lyra Sacra: A Book of Religious Verse. 1903.
By John Henry Newman (18011890)A Voice from Afar
WEEP not for me:— | |
Be blithe as wont, nor tinge with gloom | |
The stream of love that circles home, | |
Light hearts and free! | |
Joy in the gifts Heaven’s bounty lends; | 5 |
Nor miss my face, dear friends! | |
I still am near;— | |
Watching the smiles I prized on earth, | |
Your converse mild, your blameless mirth; | |
Now too I hear | 10 |
Of whisper’d sounds the tale complete, | |
Low prayers, and musings sweet. | |
A sea before | |
The Throne is spread:—its pure still glass | |
Pictures all earth-scenes as they pass. | 15 |
We, on its shore, | |
Share, in the bosom of our rest, | |
God’s knowledge, and are blest. | |