374 GEOEGE JOHN EOMANES 1894 



In the week before Easter he felt very ill, and 

 said, ' I wish Moberly (who had gone away for a few 

 days) were here, and we could have that Celebration ; 

 I don't think I shall live till Easter.' But this 

 passed away, and on Easter Day he was peculiarly 

 bright, and in the evening said, ' I have written this 

 poem to-day.' 



It is impossible to resist the wish to insert it 

 here : 



HEBREWS xi. 10 (or ii. 10). 



' Amen, now lettest Thou Thy servant, Lord, 



Depart in peace, according to Thy Word : 



Although mine eyes may not have fully seen 



Thy great salvation, surely there have been 



Enough of sorrow and enough of sight 



To show the way from darkness into light ; 

 And Thou hast brought me, through a wilderness of pain, 

 To love the sorest paths if soonest they attain. 



' Enough of sorrow for the heart to cry 



" Not for myself, nor for my kind, am I : " 



Enough of sight for Keason to disclose, 



" The more I learn the less my knowledge grows." 



Ah ! not as citizens of this our sphere, 



But aliens militant we sojourn here, 

 Invested by the hosts of Evil and of Wrong, 

 TiU Thou shalt come again with all Thine angel throng. 



' As Thou hast found me ready to Thy call, 

 Which stationed me to watch the outer wall, 

 And, quitting joys and hopes thai? once were mine, 

 To pace with patient steps this narrow line, 

 Oh ! may it be that, coming soon or late, 

 Thou still shalt find Thy soldier at the gate, 

 Who then may follow Thee till sight needs not to prove, 

 And faith will be dissolved in knowledge of Thy love.' 



From the manuscript it is difficult to determine 

 what was the motto of the poem, Hebrews xi. or 



