The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 365, December 25, 1886

Vol. VIII.—No. 365.
Price One Penny.
DECEMBER 25, 1886.
By RUTH LAMB.
Not at the gates of pearl or streets of gold,
Not with the endless day or songs of praise;
In meeting those above we loved below,
Or echoing back their new, exultant lays.
Not in the thought of tears for ever dried,
Of pain, want, weariness and sorrow fled;
Or in the thought that nothing there can part
Those loved and lost ones whom we call “Our dead.”