Beyond the Smiling and the Weeping

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

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.

Beyond the ris­ing and the set­ting

I shall be soon;

Beyond the calm­ing and the fret­ting

Beyond re­mem­ber­ing and for­get­ting

I shall be soon.

Beyond the ga­ther­ing and the strow­ing

I shall be soon;

Beyond the ebb­ing and the flow­ing

Beyond the com­ing and the go­ing

I shall be soon.

Beyond the part­ing and the meet­ing

I shall be soon;

Beyond the fare­well and the greet­ing

Beyond the pulse’s fev­er beat­ing

I shall be soon.

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.