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PARTING (WRITTEN FOR MUSIC) by ANNIE MATHESON

First Line: GOD BLESS YOU! GOD BE WITH YOU STILL!
Last Line: AND FAITH IS SIGHT.
Subject(s): FAREWELL; PARTING;

GOD bless you! God be with you still!
God keep you night and day
When you are far away.
My heart your name will ever bless,
My thoughts the thought of you caress,
And for you pray.

Alone I now must climb the hill;
New faces crowd around,
New voices near me sound:
One dearest voice, and one sweet face
That lights for me the darkest place,
Will not be found.

Yet shall their presence ever fill
Dull Memory's day and night
With longing and delight,
Until, beyond this world of pain,
All that is past is ours again,
And faith is sight.



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