Futurity

by Elizabeth Barrett Browning — a poem card from Justes Mots

Barrett Browning affirms that beloved souls lost to death are preserved in Heaven's care, to be reunited glorified and perfected in God's eternal light. The poem transforms grief into hope through faith in resurrection and divine preservation. Appropriate for memorial services celebrating those whose voices are silenced but spirits remain.

And, O beloved voices, upon which
Ours passionately call because erelong
Ye brake off in the middle of that song
We sang together softly, to enrich
The poor world with the sense of love, and witch,
The heart out of things evil, I am strong,
Knowing ye are not lost for aye among
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Themes: sympathy · grief · love · reflection