Freston
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MIZPAH
"God watch between us when we parted are!"
So, parting from me once, you softly prayed.
How long ago that tender low-toned prayer
Caught in the meshes of my heart and stayed.
Hearts beat the same in every race and clime,—
Touch the same chords and the same tune is played;
In fair Judea in the olden time,
The Hebrew youth, parting with Hebrew maid,
Prayed the same prayer, "Mizpah! God watch between,
When we are parted! Keep thee in His love!"
The rustling leaves murmured their sympathy,
The stars shone forth more brilliantly above.
So, parting from me once, you softly prayed.
How long ago that tender low-toned prayer
Caught in the meshes of my heart and stayed.
Hearts beat the same in every race and clime,—
Touch the same chords and the same tune is played;
In fair Judea in the olden time,
The Hebrew youth, parting with Hebrew maid,
Prayed the same prayer, "Mizpah! God watch between,
When we are parted! Keep thee in His love!"
The rustling leaves murmured their sympathy,
The stars shone forth more brilliantly above.
God was unheeding,—had too much to do
To watch between us all that long, sad time!
And so he sent us guardian angels two,
To guard from evil thought your heart and mine.
But we—we drove them from us, bade them go!
To watch between us all that long, sad time!
And so he sent us guardian angels two,
To guard from evil thought your heart and mine.
But we—we drove them from us, bade them go!
