. Waifs, and their authors . ie thick on our way, Our footsteps keep time with the angel of of the winter night, far in the sky,Watch for the day-star of dear by lips shall quaff again,Sad souls shall laugh again :Earth will be happier, by-and by. Cruel and cold is the judgment of man, Cruel as winter, and cold as the snow ;But by-and by will the deed and the plan Be judged by the motive that lieth belov/.Wail of the winter wind, echo our for the dawn of the sweet by-and-by,When hope shall spring again ;When joy shall sing again ;Truth will be verified, by-and
. Waifs, and their authors . ie thick on our way, Our footsteps keep time with the angel of of the winter night, far in the sky,Watch for the day-star of dear by lips shall quaff again,Sad souls shall laugh again :Earth will be happier, by-and by. Cruel and cold is the judgment of man, Cruel as winter, and cold as the snow ;But by-and by will the deed and the plan Be judged by the motive that lieth belov/.Wail of the winter wind, echo our for the dawn of the sweet by-and-by,When hope shall spring again ;When joy shall sing again ;Truth will be verified, by-and by. Weary and heartsick we totter along. Feeble the back, though the burden is large ;Broken the purpose, and hushed is the song: Why should we linger on lifes little marge ?Wind of the winter night, hush ! and reply:Is there, oh ! is there a glad by and-by ?Will dark grow bright again,Burdens grow light faith be justified, by-and by ? Dreary and dark is the midnight of war,Distant and dreamy the triumph of right;. ^mM Roses shall bloom again,Sweet, love will come again :It will be summer-time, by and by. Page 26. LEWIS J. BATES. 27 Homes that are desolate, hearts that are sore, Soon shall the morning star gladden our of the winter wind, so like a sigh,Herald the dawn of the blest by-and-by. Freedom shall reign again, Peace banish pain again ;Right will be glorified, by-and-by. Three or four composers married this to melody, andit was published in various parts of the country, under asmany different titles. One edition, with music by theauthor of this sketch, was and is issued by Mr. Joseph , Music Publisher, Rochester, N. Y., and is knownby many as Roses will Bloom Again. For the last nine or ten years Mr. Bates has beenupon the staff of The Post, Detroit, as political the surroundings of such a position are by nomeans conducive to poetic sentiment, his keeps as freshand pure as ever, and though he writes less, perhaps,than he used to,
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