Public Domain Poetry And Stories - The Hereafter. by James Whitcomb Riley Public domain poetry and public domain stories from the literary greats of yesteryear.
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.
