Afterwards / words by Mary Mark Lemon music by John W. Mullen

VERSE 01: After the day has sung its song of sorrow,/ And one by one the golden stars appear,/ I linger yet, where once we met, beloved,/ And seem to feel thy spirit still is near./ The flow'rs have fled that blossom'd in the springtide,/ The birds are mute that sang their songs above,/ And tho' the years that drifted us asunder,/ Time cannot break the golden chain of love./ Still we can love, altho' the shadows gather,/ Still we can hope until the clouds be past;/ Come to my heart, and whisper thro' the silence/ "Hope on, dear heart, our lives shall meet at last."
VERSE 02: Sometimes my heart grows weary of its sadness,/ Sometimes my life grows weary of its pain,/ Then love, I wait, and listen for your whisper,/ Till tears depart, and sunshine comes again./ It cannot be that we should part forever,/ That love's sweet song is hush;'d for us alway;/ I hear it yet, altho' its theme be alter'd,/ 'Twill reach thy heart and bring thee back some day./ Love we can love, altho' the shadows gather,/ Still we can hope until the clouds be past;/ Come to my heart, and whisper thro' the silence/ "Hope on, dear heart, our lives shall meet at last."