A Little While

A Little While

Beyond the smiling and the weeping,

    I shall be soon;

Beyond the waking and the sleeping,

    I shall be soon;

Love, rest, and home,

Sweet home!

Lord, tarry not, but come.

Beyond the blooming and the fading,

    I shall be soon;

Beyond the shining and shading,
Beyond the hoping and dreading,

    I shall be soon;

Love, rest, and home,

Sweet home!

Lord, tarry not, but come.

Beyond the rising and the setting,

    I shall be soon;

Beyond the calming and the fretting,
Beyond remembering and forgetting,

    I shall be soon;

Love, rest, and home,

Sweet home;

Lord, tarry not, but come.

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;

Love, rest, and home,

Sweet home!

Lord, tarry not, but come!

Attributed

1:26, p. 1

1.14.1860