Death & Dying

The Hereafter

by James Whitcomb Riley 1849–1916

From Green Fields and Running Brooks (1893)

Death & Dying

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.

MLA

Riley, James Whitcomb. “The Hereafter.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/riley/100/.

Chicago

Riley, James Whitcomb. “The Hereafter.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/riley/100/.

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