Mizpah.
“The Lord watch between me and thee when we are absent
one from another.”
one from another.”
A broad gold band engraven1
With word of Holy Writ—2
A ring, the bond and token3
Which love and prayer hath lit.4
When absent from each other5
O’er mountain, vale, and sea,6
The Lord, who guarded Israel,7
Keep watch ’tween me and thee.8
Through days of light and gladness,9
Through days of love and life,10
Through smiles, and joy, and sunshine,11
Through days with beauty rife :12
When absent from each other,13
O’er mountain, vale, and sea,14
The Lord of love and gladness15
Keep watch ’tween me and thee.16
Through days of doubt and darkness,17
In fear and trembling breath ;18
Through mists of sin and sorrow19
In tears, and grief, and death,—20
The Lord of life and glory,21
The King of earth and sea,22
The Lord, who guarded Israel,23
Keep watch ’tween me and thee.24