Evening Shades

Verse 1

Silently the shades of evening Gather round my lowly door; Silently they bring before me Faces I shall see no more.

Verse 2

O the lost, the unforgotten, Though the world be oft forgot! O the shrouded and the lonely, In our hearts they perish not!

Verse 3

Living in the silent hours, Where our spirits only blend, They, unlinked with earthly trouble, We, still hoping for its end.

Verse 4

How such holy memories cluster, Like the stars when storms are past, Pointing up to that fair heaven We may hope to gain at last.