Poems (Curwen)/Together

by Annie Isabel Curwen

Together.

Life's long day has closed at last,
  All its joys and sorrows o'er.
And now their voyages are past;
The harbour gained, the anchor cast,
  Our friends have gone ashore.

Nobly they endured the strife,
  Now they've found a sweet repose,
Surcease from the cares of life—
Happy husband, happy wife—
  Where the fount Eternal flows.

Side by side, together they,
  Life's chequered pathway trod.
Hand in hand, in youth's bright day,
Side by side while locks turned grey,
  Together 'neath the sod;

Side by side, they rest for aye,
  Side by side, in slumber deep;
Till the dawning of that day,
When the night shall pass away—
  Sleep on, beloved sleep!