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"BLESSED ARE THEY THAT MOURN"

by William Cullen Bryant

BLESSED ARE THEY THAT MOURN -

Ohdeem not they are blest alone

Whose lives a peaceful tenor keep:

The Power who pities manhath shown

A blessing for the eyes that weep. -

The light of smiles shall fill again

The lids that overflow with tears;

And weary hours of woe and pain

Are promises of happier years. -

There is a day of sunny rest

For every dark and troubled night:

And grief may bide an evening guest

But joy shall come with early light. -

And thouwhoo'er thy friend's low bier

Dost shed the bitter drops like rain

Hope that a brighterhappier sphere

Will give him to thy arms again. -

Nor let the good man's trust depart

Though life its common gifts deny-

Though with a pierced and bleeding heart

And spurned of menhe goes to die. -

For God hath marked each sorrowing day

And numbered every secret tear

And heaven's long age of bliss shall pay

For all his children suffer here. - -