New Zealand Verse/When the Sobbing is Over

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CLXII.

When the Sobbing is Over.

When the sobbing is over, and Death
Comes kissing and stealing thy breath,
And the angel unlooseth the strings
 Of the brain, and its window, the eyes
(Where the soul, the great secret, hath lain),
 Thou shalt wonder with gladsome surprise.
  The secret of azuline gems,
  The wonder of world upon world,
  The secret of life and of joy,
The wonder of star upon star,
Where the beautiful shall be, and are;
When Death cleaveth a pathway for Life
Where the beautified shall be, and are!

When the sobbing is over, and Death
Sets the seal of God on thy breath,
And thy soul (the great secret) is free
 From the trouble and sorrow and sin,
Thou shalt know all these beautiful things,
 In the shout that shall welcome thee in!
  The secret of bliss upon bliss—
  The “why” and the “therefore” of death,
  The secret of azuline gems,
 ​The glory of meteor and star,
Where the beautiful shall be, and are!
Thou shalt know all the glories of life
Where the beautified shall be, and are!

W. R. Wills

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