The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-01-09
A yISION!

A VISION!
While slept upon my pillow in of night
Visions fairer before wldered sight
Ger Jordan's mighty the dark and swollen food
had sentence from the very lips OF Cod
All Brightness all glory spirit was not glad
All strangely distant and heart was strangely sad
rced round the golden throne
among thousands, the wanderer alone
o beckoned and sip with him,
and mine with tears we're DIM
Though forward not person did see
table supped the sweets of life with me-
Stay angle mother but she coldly passed me BY
Not smile of recognition lighted her beamng eye;
Mother said don't know me- but she needed not nor heard
breatheng not single word
Mother had little baby sweey sleeping on her breast
kindiest and BEST
would him and have sroked his golden hair
a stranger there.
All sadly wandered, vany wishing for the night
the friendly shades of neer relieved aching sight,
tired. and vany looked to
Some kind soul who might befriend in the vast eternity
but they smiled
Not word spoken. kind face did see;
All my loved had forgotten though knew their faces STILL
wandered forth at will
They clad spotess by the angle band
and cepter in their hand
I was an ucasta nd wild despair.
No fingered for stranger there
School relations whom loved long
upon my taters tale of
the wanderer unknown.
Hungry broken hearted wandering alone.
heavenly
And would listening compelled to hear;
Az ooked unor tho oh how popeouv they shown
And hated them for wearing brighter garments than my
mad with Jealous anger fain would have ceased to be-
All happiness glory. peace
it be that this heaven? II be then lost
Then walked toward the where the pilgrims all In
Thinking might with who had mated in SIM
But only the righteous and they coldly passed by
Some would degn to look with tender plying
YEARLY sat waited. thinking of msspent life.
Thinking I might yet be happy If only met wife;
So waited for coming but twas before she
Then she said she knew heard
And she left me in my anguish entered gladly to her rest
And another claimed ped her closely his breast
Welcomed her with love and Kisses could only bear,
not allowed murmur. I a
jealousy watched the whom looked wife.
And heart filed with
She had cast off forever and another took her
Showing her the paeess a and.
Father and glad relations gladly
opy left behind Them would
Lilly yet infant daughter. scarcely yet
But felt that she would
Long waited but the moment that her happy spirit fed
From the things
could see her flying upward and heart
Feeling that angel Lilly. would
She me- of my love
Pleaded that she would befriend above;
But she looked despair
Left for her angel mother, a
Hope was dead little blossom
could see them all plainly, could child
could friends and kindred baskng
And l wept for knew vast eternity
Someone and took Lilly side
And heard him whisper fondly loving bride;
How he loved her jealous, child?
Yet could not check their
forced look forced to view their mrtb
And cursed the uckless birth;
Heaven was bliss for those who'd loved
But to me it was region backer than the
All my friends and happy sad
And to them their ravng mad:
There thousands standing
Midst the countless hosts all alone
Then wakened from sumber. bat IN a pool of sweat
Glad to know twas but vision that might happy YETI
And prayed that God might his own
So that when entered Heaven left alone
BY Permission.