344 GEOEGE JOHN EOMANES 1894 



HEBREWS xi. 10 (or ii. 10). 



' Amen, now lettest Thou Thy servant, Lord, 



Depart in peace, aooording 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 Eeason to disclose, 



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



Ah ! not as citizens of this oxa sphere, 



But aliens militant we sojourn here. 

 Invested by the hosts of Evil and of Wrong, 

 Till Thou shalt come again witli 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 that 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 

 Hebrews ii. ; the latter is more probable, at least so it 

 seems to the present writer. 



On the 28th Mr. Eomanes wrote a letter to the 

 Dean of Christ Church, which, besides some items of 

 personal interest, and of expressions of affection too 

 intimate to be given, contains the following : 



CostebeUe : March 28, 1894. 



My dear Paget, — I have had to abandon letter 

 writing for several weeks past, as the least effort, 



