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CANADIAN SINGERS AND THEIR SONGS Sympathy

Beside the grave's new-rounded sod
 * By some dear instinct close we come,
 * Heart draws to heart, tho' we are dumb,

And dumbly seek to share the rod.
 * We do not know what is to be,
 * We cannot guess, we cannot see;

We can but stand and wait for God.

As when the winter tempests fall
 * With blinding snow-wreaths on the steep,

And clouds and darkness dread appall,
 * What can they do, th'unknowing sheep,
 * But gather close and silence keep,

And listen for the Shepherd's call.

J. W. Bengough 15