Life's ceaseless wonder is at an end,
Yet you weep, my erring friend!
"See, the lover you call dead
To immortal bliss is wed!
Loves and homes you lost, 'tis true,
To such light as shines for you.
"Yet deep in your inmost soul
You shall feel my sweet control.
I'll be with you every hour,
Commissioned by Almighty Power,
"To guard each moment of your life
As best befits your angel wife!
At night I'll linger 'round your bed,
With an angel's noiseless tread;
"And while you, slumbering, dream of me,
I'll be present, love, with thee.
Where e'er you go, where e'er you stray,
I'll be near thee night and day,
"Guarding you with zealous care,
Pointing out life's every snare,