Respectfully Dedicated to 
J. H. Willis.
"Gone Before" (1869)
Answer to 
"Ring the Bell Softly."
Written by 
Dexter Smith,
Author or "Cling to those who Cling to you,"
  "Ring the Bell Softly," etc. etc. 
Music by 
C[harles].A[llen?]. White,
Composer of "Mother, take me Home again,:
  "Put me in my Little Bed," etc. etc.

Boston: White, Smith & Perry, 
  298 & 300 Washington St.
Philadelphia: J. E. Winner
New York: J. L. Peters
Cincinnati: John Church & Co.
Music Typography by J. Frank Giles, 
  89 Washington Street, Boston
Plate Number: 215
[Source: 130/069@Levy]

1. Gone where the shadows of life cannot come, 
Where ev’ry stranger may find a sweet home. 

CHORUS [sung after each verse]
Where there are treasures of beauty untold, 
Rivers of silver and mountains of gold. 
Weep not to miss one from earth’s weary shore, 
Earth has an angel less,— Heaven one more.

2. Gone where the angels are chanting His praise, 
Freed from the tumult of earth’s dreary ways.

3. Gone where the battle is over and won, 
And the true life of the spirit began.