...but the truth had to be told.' 291 CHAPTEE XXXV. THE CHURCHYARD. Is there anything worse than loss ? To say he has departed, His voice, his face is gone — To feel impatient-hearted, Yet know we must bear on. Is not that the very climax of human woe? To most of us,...

...hand That wipes thy quiet tears, These, these art things that may demand Dread memories for years. ' ' To say ' He has departed ' — ' His voice ' — ' his face ' — is gone ; To feel impatient-hearted. Yet feel we must bear on ; Ah, I could not endure To whisper of such woe, Unless...

...pat my stooping head, I cannot bear the gentleness, — The tears are in their bed. Ah, first-born eep the waves beneath the bending glide. The Youth,...careless guide, and thrust him in : Plunging he fa haml-in-haiid companion — no, My prayers shall hold thee round. To say — "Ho has departed" —...

...And pat my stooping head, I cannot bear the gentleness — The tears are in their bed. Ah, first-born of thy mother, When life and hope were new ; Kind...departed'— 'His voice — his face — is gone!' To feel impatient-hearted, Yet feel we must bear on ; Ah, I could not endure To whisper of such woe, Unless...

...pat my stooping head, I cannot bear the gentleness, — The tears are in their bed. Ah, first-born of thy mother When life and hope were new, Kind playmate...has departed, His voice, his face is gone ! To feel impatient-hearted Yet feel we must bear on ! Ah, I could not endure To whisper of such woe, Unless...

...Unto sorrow we give smiles — and unto graces, graces. Leigh Hunt, TO A SICK CHILD WHILE SLEEPING. To say " He has departed * "His voice"— "his face"— "is gone;" To feel impatient-hearted, Yet feel we must bear on ; Ah, I could not endure To whisper of such woe, Unless...

...And pat my stooping head, I cannot bear the gentleness — The teats are in thy bed. Ah, first-born of thy mother, When life and hope were new, Kind playmate...light, where'er I go, My bird, when prison-bound, My hand in hand companion — no, My prayers shall hold thee round. To say " He has departed " — " His...

...And pat my stooping head, I cannot bear the gentleness— The tears are in thy bed. Ah, first-born of thy mother, When life and hope were new, Kind playmate...light, where'er I go, My bird, when prison-bound, My hand in hand companion—no, My prayers shall hold thee round. To say " He has departed "— " His...

...brother, Thy sister, father too ; My light, where'er I go, My bird, when prison-bound, My hand in hand companion — no, My prayers shall hold thee round....departed " — " His voice " — " his face " — is gone j To feel impatient-hearted, Yet feel we must bear on ; Ah, I could not enduro To whisper of such woe,...

...gentleness — The tears are in thy bed. Ah. first-born of thy mother, When life and hope were nev,-, Kind playmate of thy brother, Thy sister, father too ; My light, where'er 1 go, My bird, when prison-bound, My hand in hand companion — no, My prayers shall hold thee round....