"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 β Sweet hope! Lord, tarry not, but come!"
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Horatius Bonar
Horatius Bonar (December 19, 1808 β May 31, 1889) was a Scottish churchman and poet.
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