Be strong to love, O Heart!
Love knows not wrong;
Didst thou love—creatures even,
Life were not long;
Didst thou love God in heaven,
Thou wouldst be strong!
—Adelaide Procter.
THE SLEEP OF THE BELOVED.
"So He giveth his beloved sleep." Ps. cxxvii. 2.
Sunlight has vanished, and the weary earth