In Twenty Years

In twenty ycnrf, oh twenty years, Be calin, In'; brave, md back These caakering cares, corroding fears, Will eeaseto ras i-! kW ity ycars; In twenty years, ah I twenty years, In less, pérnaps, itan twenty yeara. Whew are the bitter grief and woe That thine were ín the long agoï Their memory dim and vague appears, Twtll dimmtr seen in twenty yean ; In twenty yean), aül twüsty yeaw, In less, perhaps, than twenty years. The tonque that stung with veuomed n-ord Nomore in love ir KM iiistorea; And hand that once aimed poison dart May powerless He on pulsslesa hcait, In twenty years, ah '. twenty j In less, perhaps, than twenty years. Would'st learn the happiest wa to live ? Tliy ills forget, thy wrongs forgive : Th'ink on them as wil] one day seem Thy whole of life, a clieckered dream. In twenty years, al' I twenty years, In less, perhaps, thiin twenty yeara. Our Father's home hath " no more sea," There mansión fair is waiting thee ; Thy barque e'en now the bright shore nears, It moored may be in twenty years ; In twenty years, ah ! twenty years, In less, perhaps, than twenty years.