The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-03-08
C0NIIG,


I even, " At midnight, or at cock-crOA Ing, or 4
the morning.
"lt may be IN the evening,
when the work Of the ngy Is done,
And you have tlmr ~ NJ 81 the twlllsht
And watch the sinking sun,
White the l0ug bright DAY dies slowly
over The sea
Aud lht hour grows quiet mi holy
with the thoughts Ut me-
While you hear the yillNRc children
ius,iul along the ST. Gets,
amIug those tnrOuginR footsteps
Jay Crmu the sound OI my feet
TherOiu, o | tel YOU watch
By tho light uf the evening siaT
When the room !. growing dustJ
As HE clouds Htati
let the cor he On the latch
IN your hOmh
For II may be through the gloaninG
/ VIII cpmr.
at may be when the midnight
Is heavy upOD the land,
And the BLACK waves lying dumbly
Along the sand,
When the moonlight night draw cljsc,
And whtn the lights ac out IN the house
when the II IS burn low aud red,
Aud the watch Is ichinS loudly
Beside the bed,
Though you slacp, tired out, on your couch,
5 III your heart must wake aud wrlch
In he DARK rom,
For Il ~ y b. that at midnight
J will come.
at may be at the cock-crow,
When the night Is dying slowly
In the sky,
And the yea looks calm and holy,
Waiting for the dawn
OF the golden sun
which draw. tu utyls
When the nj. Is are on the valleys, 'hlding
The rivers Chill,
Behold say unto you; Watch
Let the door uu on the latch
In your home;
In the chill before the dawninR,
Between the night and morning,
may come.
ut may he IN the mOrnint,
When the sun is bright and strOn5
Aud the dew rs sittcrinB sharply
uyor the litlle lawn,
Wiiri the waves are laughing loudly
Along the shore,
hnd tue litllc birds are .Iur Ing swccrly
hbput the door
with the long days work before yea,
You rise up W IN the SUM-
And tine ncignhprs comc In to talk Il liltlo
OF all that must lac done;
hul remember that ! may be the next
10 come In the door,
10 call you IT m your busy work
For cyrImUrr;
AZ you work you heart must watch,
For the dpJJ TX ON the latch
In your room,
Aud II may be In tho morning
will cOnC,"
So he passed down my cCttAgG-garlon,
Nv the pa h that led 10 the sea;
lin he came 10 the turn In tucl little road
where the birch and lahuruum tree
Lean over aud arch the wy
Incrc | saw him a mOmogt stay,
And turn once more 10 mo-,
As sept at the cottage door,
Aud lifted his hands ~ bIcS lug
Then ! saw his face no mono,
And | stood stiii in the doorway,
Leaning against the wall,
Not Ii edtug the luir white ioacs,
Though I cru he'd them aud let them TALL,
only luDkiug down the pathway,
And looking toward the sea,
And wandering and wandering
WheI he would cone brck Tor mo-
Iiil was aware Of al angel
Who was going willy by,
" IN the giidu,s' Of one who gOcth
In the light Of God &Ost High.
II" passed the end ol the cottage
Inward the gardcn ptte-
i.-uppusn he was come down
Nllhr ting Of thcHul
70 comfort some one ~ the village
Whose dwelling was dcsIlatc)-
Aud he lausod before the door
beside my place,
''Aud the likeness OF n smile
Was ON his face.
"Wocp not he said, "fOr unto You ID CIV
To NHtcu for thocpmlng OF bis icl'
Who IN the gu r N our blessed heaven;
The work Of watching will he very swC
Even in In an G Iihly home
Ant in sucn an hour us you think not
He will come"
SO I nm watching quietly
Every day,
Whenever thp sun shines br lightly,
rise and say
"Surrly it is the shining of his iaco!'
And look unto the gate Of HIS high place
Beyond the sea;
For lkuuw he i7 coming shortly
To ammo lur.
Ana whru shadow falls across the windoN
OF my room.
Where lam working my npppIntci task,
~ my hra 10 watch the door md ask
II h ~ ONE
And lur an ol answers swCctly
In my home:
"Only a few more shadows,
AAd he VIII Gomez