Twill Not Be Long

 

VERSE 1

’Twill not be long, our journey here;

Each broken sigh and falling tear

Will soon be gone, and all will be

A cloudless sky, a waveless sea.

 

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Roll on, dark stream,

We dread not thy foam;

The pilgrim is longing for home, sweet home.

 

VERSE 2

’Twill not be long; the yearning heart

May feel its every hope depart,

And grief be mingled with its song;

We’ll meet again; ’twill not be long.

 

VERSE 3

Though sad we mark the closing eye,

Of those we loved in days gone by,

Yet sweet in death their latest song—

We’ll meet again; ’twill not be long.

 

VERSE 4

These checkered wilds, with thorns o’erspread,

Through which our way so oft is led—

This march of time, with truth so strong,

Will end in bliss; ’twill not be long.

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