Show IF WB WIS KNEW it wo we knew the woe and heartache heart ache waiting for us down the road it our lips could taste the wormwood w if it our rucks tucks could feel tho the load loads would we waste the time in wishing for a time that neer user can be would we wait in such each impatience for our ships ship to come f from rom sea I 1 if we knew know the baby finger fingers sp pressed against the windowpane window pane lanb would be cold and stiff tomorrow to morrow never troubie trouble ua us again would the tho bright eyes ot of our darling darling catch the frown upon our brow would the print ot of rosy fingers fincers vex ved us then as they do now 1 ah these little lee ice cold coid fingers in how ilow they point our demori memori s back to the hasty words and action strewn along our backward track how these little hands bands remind us usg As in snowy g grace race they lie ile not to scatter thorns but roses for our reaping by and by strange we never prize the music till the sweet voiced bird has flown 4 strange that we should slight blight the violets till the lovely flowers are gone I 1 i strange that bummer cummer skies and suns sunshine bine hine 1 never seem scorn one halt half so fair As when the winters snowy pinions j baake their white while down in the air I 1 lips from which the seal ot of silence none but god can roll i oll oil away never blossomed in such beauty As adorns the mouth today to day and sweet words that freight our mern menn memory gry with their beautiful perfumes perfume come como to us in sweeter accents t through the portals ot of the tomb let lot us gather up the sunbeams lying all around our path lot us keep the wheat and roses casting out the thorns and chaff i let ua us find our sweetest comfort i in the blessings of today to day with patient hand removing all the briers f from rom burway our way J |