“It Doth Not Yet Appear What We Shall Be”
“It Doth Not Yet Appear What We Shall Be” Ye lingering hours, wheel swift away,And usher in the joyful day, Ye lingering hours, wheel swift away,And usher in the joyful day,When, rising from a world like this,My soul shall dwell where Jesus is! Too long I’ve waited here below,And spread my wings, and sighed to […]
She Is Gone! She Is Gone!
She Is Gone! She Is Gone! She is gone! she is gone! A God of loveHas called her up to His side above; She is gone! she is gone! A God of loveHas called her up to His side above;Has gathered the flower in all its prime,And bade it bloom in a brighter clime;Has filled […]
Winter
Winter The billowy shore is booming loudThe sky is black with storm and cloud, The billowy shore is booming loudThe sky is black with storm and cloud,The fields are bare, the air is chill,And winter reigns from vale to hill. The shortening day, the muffled sky,The wild wind whistling bleakly by,The naked fields, the leafless […]
Fly, Ye Hours
Fly, Ye Hours Fly, ye hours, the best, the brightest:Best are they that fleet the lightest! Fly, ye hours, the best, the brightest: Best are they that fleet the lightest!Man, be wise:Thy earthly joysAre poor, compared with those thou slightest. The world we roamIs not our home:We seek a rest that aye remaineth.Through weal or […]
“The Unknown God”
“The Unknown God” The Lord hath builded for Himself;He needs no earthly dome: The Lord hath builded for Himself;He needs no earthly dome:The universe His dwelling is,Eternity His home. Yon glorious sky His temple stands,So lofty, bright, and blue,All lamped with stars, and curtained roundWith clouds of every hue. Earth is His altar: nature thereHer […]
Mary’s Grave
Mary’s Grave Mary, thou art gone to rest;Why should we deplore thee? Mary, thou art gone to rest;Why should we deplore thee?Light the turf lies on thy breast,Soft the winds breathe o’er thee.Here within thy native clayCalmly thou art sleeping,Safer, happier, far than theyWho are o’er thee weeping. Pleasant is thy lowly bed,Close to those […]
The Mother and Her Dying Boy
The Mother and Her Dying Boy My mother, my mother, O let me depart!Your tears and your pleadings are swords to my heart. BoyMy mother, my mother, O let me depart!Your tears and your pleadings are swords to my heart.I hear gentle voices, that chide my delay;I see lovely visions, that woo me away.My prison […]
Pleasant Are Thy Courts Above
Pleasant Are Thy Courts Above Pleasant are Thy courts above,In the land of light and love; Pleasant are Thy courts above,In the land of light and love;Pleasant are Thy courts belowIn this land of sin and woe;O, my spirit longs and faintsFor the converse of Thy saints,For the brightness of Thy face,For Thy fullness, God […]
Declining Days
Declining Days Why do I sigh to findLife’s evening shadows gathering round my way? Why do I sigh to findLife’s evening shadows gathering round my way?The keen eye dimming, and the buoyant mindUnhinging day by day? Is it the natural dreadOf that stern lot, which all who live must see?The worm, the clay, the dark […]