It is an old belief
That on some solemn shore
Beyond the sphere of grief
Dear friends shall meet once more.


Letter to Thomas Carlyle, April 1, 1842; cited from Andrew Lang The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) vol. 2, p. 235.

John Gibson Lockhart Quotes

It is an old belief That on some solemn shore Beyond the sphere of grief Dear friends shall meet once more.

It is an old belief That on some solemn shore Beyond the sphere of grief Dear friends shall meet once more.

It is an old belief That on some solemn shore Beyond the sphere of grief Dear friends shall meet once more.

It is an old belief That on some solemn shore Beyond the sphere of grief Dear friends shall meet once more.