The Hereafter Poem by James Whitcomb Riley

The Hereafter



Hereafter! O we need not waste
Our smiles or tears, whatever befall:
No happiness but holds a taste
Of something sweeter, after all;--
No depth of agony but feels
Some fragment of abiding trust,--
Whatever death unlocks or seals,
The mute beyond is just.

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James Whitcomb Riley

James Whitcomb Riley

Greenfield, Indiana
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