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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 24, 1874

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 43, No. 11.

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PASSING AWAY.

By Mrs. Hemans

“Passing away is written upon the world, and all the world contains.”
It is written on the rose. In its glory’s full array, Read what those buds disclose— Passing away.
It is written on the skies, Of the soft blue summer day, It is traced in sunset’s dyes— Passing away.
It is written on the trees, As their young leaves glistening play And on the brighter things than these— Passing away.
It is written on the brow, Where the spirit’s ardent ray Lives, burns, and triumphs now— Passing away.
It is written on the heart— Alas! that there decay, Should claim from love a part! Passing away.
Friends, friends! Oh, shall we meet Where the spoiler finds no prey? Where lovely things and sweet Pass not away.
Shall we know each other’s eyes, With the thoughts that in them lay, When they meet beneath the skies Which pass not away.
Oh, if this may be so, Speed, speed, thou closing day? How blest from earth’s vain show, To pass away.
—Mrs. Hemans.