Beyond The Years

Paul Laurence Dunbar

                   I.
Beyond the years the answer lies,
     Beyond where brood the grieving skies
      And Night drops tears.
Where Faith rod-chastened smiles to rise
      And doff its fears,
And carping Sorrow pines and dies--
      Beyond the years.


                 II.
  Beyond the years the prayer for rest
  Shall beat no more within the breast;
      The darkness clears,
  And Morn perched on the mountain's crest
      Her form uprears--
  The day that is to come is best,
      Beyond the years.


                  III.
  Beyond the years the soul shall find
  That endless peace for which it pined,
      For light appears,
  And to the eyes that still were blind
      With blood and tears,
  Their sight shall come all unconfined
      Beyond the years.

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