A REQUIEM
Thou hast lived in pain and woe,
Thou hast lived in grief and fear;
Now thine heart can dread no blow,
Now thine eyes can shed no tear:
Storms round us shall beat and rave;
Thou art sheltered in the grave.
Thou for long, long years hast borne,
Bleeding through Life’s wilderness,
Heavy loss and wounding scorn;