#English
Fold up the tent! The sun is in the West. To-morrow my untented soul will ra… Among the blest. And I am well content,
Better than I, Thou knowest, Lord, All my necessity, And with a word Thou canst it all supply.
Shapeless and grim, A Shadow dim O’erhung the ways, And darkened all my days. And all who saw,
Evening brings us home,— From our wanderings afar, From our multifarious labours, From the things that fret and jar; From the highways and the byways,
Wherever is an empty chair— Lord, be Thou there! And fill it—like an answered praye… With grace of fragrant thought, an… Sweet memories of him whose place
Though every nerve be strained To fine accomplishment, Full oft the life fall spent Before the prize is gained. And, in our discontent
A land of lights and shadows inter… A land of blazing sun and blackest… A fortress armed, and guarded jeal… With every portal barred against t… A land in thrall to ancient mystic…
O Exiled Hearts—for you, for you— Love still can find the way! Hear the voices of the women on th… O Shadowed Lives—for you, for you… Hope hath not lost her ray!
Singing, she washed Her baby’s clothes, And, one by one, As they were done, She hung them in the sun to dry,
From North and South, and East a… They come! The sorely tried, the much oppress… Their Faith and Love to manifest, They come!
You that still have your sight, Remember me!— I risked my life, I lost my eyes, That you might see. Now in the dark I go,
As sure as God’s in His Heaven, As sure as He stands for Right, As sure as the hun this wrong hath… So surely we win this fight! Then!-
I have been tried, Tried in the fire, And I say this, As the result of dire distress, And tribulation sore—
Where are all the young men? There are only grey-heads here. What has become of the young men? centered* * * * * * * This is the young men’s year!
“A red rose for my helmet, And a word before we part! The rose shall be my oriflamme The word shall fill my heart.” Heart, Heart, Heart of my heart—
