PoemsFront matterReading editionChapter navigation26 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterMARY ALICE WALTONPreface.The Cross of Pearls.The Solitary Lament.Under the Rod.Waiting, Ever Waiting.To My Daughter.Providence Hospital.The Photograph.Midnight Thoughts.Some Mother's Boy.The Gift.Thou Waters, Tell Me Why.Voices Hushed.Why I Love Them.My First Gray Hair.Life's Curtain Unrolled.The Chosen City.The Land of Love.For I Long to be There.Golden Gates.Hope Beyond.The Ministering Soul.Transition.Peace.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →MARY ALICE WALTONAll chapters and sections (26)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsMARY ALICE WALTONPreface.The Cross of Pearls.The Solitary Lament.Under the Rod.Waiting, Ever Waiting.To My Daughter.Providence Hospital.The Photograph.Midnight Thoughts.Some Mother's Boy.The Gift.Thou Waters, Tell Me Why.Voices Hushed.Why I Love Them.My First Gray Hair.Life's Curtain Unrolled.The Chosen City.The Land of Love.For I Long to be There.Golden Gates.Hope Beyond.The Ministering Soul.Transition.Peace.Cover: A Message of Hope -- By the Cross of PearlsPOEMSBYMARY ALICE WALTON →