From Angels to a departed Spirit hovering
on the brink of Eternity, written at the same
time with the above.
1.
SPIRIT ! haste thee, soar away!
Quit thy tenement of clay–
Burst thy adamantine chain,
Bid adieu to mortal pain,
On wings of rapture, Spirit! soar away,
Wake to new Life, arise to brighter day!
2.
Hark! a thousand heavenly choirs
Tune for thee their golden lyres,
Bid thee welcome to the sky,
View thee with affection’s eye,
Spirit, haste thee! burst thro’ Death’s dominion,
And rise to Glory on seraphic pinion
3.
For thee, those golden Portals blaze!
On thee, immortal armies gaze,
The Eternal, on his radiant Throne,
Beholds and claims thee for his own,
Spirit, arise! we call thee to the sky,
And hail thee, Heir of Immortality!
4.
The parting spirit heard the call benign,
Heard, and was rapt in extacy divine,
Immediate burst the bonds of death away,
Soared to the skies and hailed the boundless Day!
Then all the shining multitudes above,
Symphonious swelled the strains of heavenly Love,
And kindred spirits, from the world of bliss,
Left their high Thrones to welcome one from This.
(Mary Abel Clinckett)
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