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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 30, 1915

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 92, No. 48.

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Eternal Love

By MARY HENRY ROSSITER

MARY HENRY ROSSITER
WHEN I was a babe, I dozed and dreamed That God, from beyond the clouds, with me Had come to dwell in my mother’s arms, And feed me with love, eternally.
When I was a child, I played, and dreamed That far in the fairy mystery Of Oberon’s realm the Queen of Love Her bower would keep eternally.
When I was a maid, I mused, and dreamed That life her intent had told to me; To love was enough for one to do, To love and be loved eternally.
When I was a bride, I sang, and dreamed That life had no more a minor key; My heart was filled with the sweet refrain; This love will endure eternally.
When I was a mother, once more I dreamed That out of the depths had come to me The marvelous pearl of love I sought, The love that would stay eternally.
But now I am old; my dreams have fled. From the sunset land a star I see, The star of a pure and changeless love, The love that abides eternally.
’Tis not on earth that a perfect love Can dwell in a human heart for me; ’Tis not on earth that my heart can feel The love that is true eternally.
Only the infinite love of God In that perfect heart that is to be, In that perfect heart of thine and mine, Can, immortal, dwell eternally.
My star in the west grows brighter, dear, And oft I think that it beckons me. How sweet with thee, in that other world, To love with His love eternally!