O Do not let me die! the earth is bright,
And I am earthly, so I love it well;
Though heaven is holier, all replete with light,
Yet I am frail, and with frail things would dwell
1 cannot die ! the flowers of earthly love
Shed their rich fragrance on a kindred heart;
There may be purer, brighter flowers above,
But yet with these ‘t would be too hard to part.
I dream of heaven, and well I love these dreams,
They scatter sunlight on my varying way ;
But ‘mid the clouds of earth are priceless gleams
Of brightness, and on earth O let me stay.
It is not that my lot is void of gloom,
That sadness never circles round my heart;
Nor that I fear the darkness of the tomb,
That I would never from the earth depart.
‘Tis that I love the world – its cares, its sorrows,
Its bounding hopes, its feelings fresh and warm,
Each cloud it wears, and every light it borrows,
Loves, wishes, fears, the sunshine and the storm;
I love them all: but closer still the loving
Twine with my being’s cords and make my life;
And while within this sunlight I am moving,
I well can bide the storms of worldly strife.
Then do not let me die ! for earth is bright,
And I am earthly, so I love it well –
Heaven is a land of holiness and light,
But I am frail, and with the frail would dwell.
(Emily Chubbuck Judson)
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