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SYMPATHY by JAMES HERVEY HYSLOP

First Line: WATCH ME IN THE GLOAMING
Last Line: LOVING GOD AND MAN.
Subject(s): DEATH; HEARTS; PEACE; SYMPATHY; TEARS; DEAD, THE; EMPATHY;

WATCH me in the gloaming,
Keep my heart from roaming.
Let me ever follow
In the vale of sorrow.
Hold me to thy breast,
Give me peace and rest.
Stay me in the valley
Where the birds may rally.

Let me worship gladly
At the fane that sadly
Mourns the hand of death,
Waits in bated breath
For its mated lost,
Counts the fearful cost:
And the heart is glowing
While the tears are flowing.

Wait for happy days
Greeting him who prays,
Blessing hearts entwining
Clouds with silver lining;
Joining melody
Mild and threnody:
Always in the van
Loving God and man.



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