Dear mo­ther, safe on that bright shore,
For me will watch and wait;
I love to pic­ture o’er and o’er
My wel­come at the gate.

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Beautiful gate of pear­ly white,
Beautiful gate so fair,
Beautiful ci­ty, God its light,
I know we’ll meet up there.

My mind goes back to oth­er days,
When she was with me here;
I sang for her sweet hymns of praise
And heard her words of cheer.

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And now when oft­en­times I try
Some old and cher­ished strain,
Their ten­der me­mo­ries dim my eyes
And fill my heart with pain.

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Then comes the thought, we’ll meet again
At Hea­ven’s gate so fair,
And I shall sing some sweet re­frain
With mo­ther ov­er there.

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Yes, there ’twill be the glad new song
Which Christ Him­self will give,
Thro’ Him I’ll reach the hap­py throng,
Thro’ Him in glo­ry live.

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There ran­somed ones se­cure­ly dwell,
And sing re­deem­ing love,
Methinks I’ll hear the chor­us swell,
O pre­cious home ab­ove.

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