Classic Poem

I WILL go with you step by step
With even stride,
Up a never-ending way
With One beside.

What I have seen, you shall see,—
It is not much,—
And yet one does not always sense
God's touch.

You are a prayer your parents prayed,
And I prayed too;
God has been good, and given us
You.

You shall become a fisher, and seine men,
Making God complete,
And One we love will stand upon the shore
With bare feet.

Jesus, I have lived into a life
Your love,—
Though darkness smite me, have I something left
To think of.

He shall remember and shall not forget,
God keep him now,
My living prayer is strong, for Christ has touched
His brow.

We walk together when we are apart;
Our eyes have met,
And what we saw, there is no man shall know,
Nor we forget.