A Little While

Beyond the smiling and the weeping,
I shall be soon.
Beyond the waking, and the sleeping,
Beyond the sowing, and the reaping,
I shall be soon.
Love, rest, and home,
Sweet hope!
Lord, tarry not, but come!

Beyond the blooming, and the fading.
I shall be soon.
Beyond the shining, and the shading,
Beyond the hoping, and the dreading,
I shall be soon.
Love, rest, and home,
Sweet hope!
Lord, tarry not, but come!

Beyond the rising, and the setting,
I shall be soon.
Beyond the soothing, and the fretting,
Beyond remembering, and forgetting,
I shall be soon.
Love, rest, and home,
Sweet hope!
Lord, tarry not, but come!

Beyond the gathering, and the strawing,
I shall be soon.
Beyond the ebbing, and the flowing,
Beyond the coming, and the going,
I shall be soon.
Love, rest, and home,
Sweet hope!
Lord, tarry not, but come!

Beyond the parting, and the meeting,
I shall be soon.
Beyond the farewell, and the greeting,
Hearts fainting now, and now high beating,
I shall be soon.
Love, rest, and home,
Sweet hope!
Lord, tarry not, but come!

Beyond the frost-chain, and the fever,
I shall be soon.
Beyond the rock-waste, and the river.
Beyond the ever, and the never,
I shall be soon.
Love, rest, and home,
Sweet hope!
Lord, tarry not, but come!