Hope---------------Streams in the Desert

HOPE sings to me a cheerful song,
The way may seem both dark and long,
But days are passing one by one,
And all is glory farther on.
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And HOPE has wings as well as song,
And when she spreads her pinions strong,
My thoughts soar up and dwell upon
The heavenly glory farther on.
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And HOPE has eyes that pierce the gloom,
She looks beyond death and the tomb,
And thrills as though already shone,
The deathless glory farther on.
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Hope, blessed hope, abide with me,
Still sing thy cheerful melody,
Till, clouds and tears for ever gone,
I reach the glory farther on.-----------J.T.Mawson
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