HOPE ON, HOPE EVER.
Hope on, hope ever. Though dead leaves are lying
In mournful clusters ’neath your wandering feet;
Though wintry winds through naked boughs are sighing
The flowers are dead; yet is the memory sweet
Of summer winds and countless roses glowing
’Neath the warm kisses of the generous sun.
Hope on, hope ever. Why should tears be flowing?
In every season is some victory won.
Hope on, hope ever, though you deck loved tresses
With trembling fingers for the silent grave;
Though cold the cheek beneath your fond caresses,
Look up, true Christian soul; be calm, be brave!
Hope on, hope ever. Though your hearts be breaking,
Let flowers of Resignation wreathe your cross,
Deep in your heart some heavenly wisdom waking,
For mortal life is full of change and loss.
Hope on, hope ever, for long-vanished faces
Watch for your coming on the golden shore,
E’en while you whisper in their vacant places
The blessed words, ‘Not lost, but gone before!’
Hope on, hope ever, let your hearts keep singing,
When low you bend above the churchyard sod,
And fervent prayers your chastened thoughts are winging,
Through sighs and tears, to the bright throne of God!
Hope on, hope ever. Let not toil or sorrow
Still the sweet music of Hope’s heavenly voice.
From every dawn some ray of comfort borrow,
That in the evening you may still rejoice.
Hope on, hope ever—words beyond comparing,
Dear to the hearts that nameless woes have riven;
To all that mourn, sweet consolation hearing.
Oh, may they prove the Christian’s guide to heaven!
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FOOTNOTES:
[1] The right of translation is reserved.
[Transcriber’s note—the following change have been made to this text.
Page 757: Voilâ to Voilà—“Voilà le monsieur”.
Page 761: Collége to Collège—“Collège de France”.]