My drowsy thoughts, by sleep refin’d,
Salute the rising day;
Death’s torpid image o’er my mind
Has now resign’d its sway.
And as the sun’s all-glorious light
Illumes the azure skies,
My grateful thoughts to heav’n take flight,
As morning sacrifice!
Silent and soaring they ascend
To the Almighty’s throne;
And bless some delegated friend,
For care and kindness shewn!
For guardian spirits, we are told,
Watch o’er the good and just;
And whilst the sun his rays withhold,
Protect our slumb’ring dust!
Yet day and night they kindly tend,
And with paternal care,
Some guardian angel proves a friend,
And checks that foe, Despair!
And oft, when care and sorrow bends
The deep-afflicted heart,
The very thought of long-tried friends,
Whom death alone could part,
Hov’ring around us from that sphere
Where bliss and transport reigns,
Stops, e’er it falls, the trembling tear,
And reconciles our pains.
May they not only guard , but guide
Me –through life’s devious way,
Until, like them–through death I glide,
To everlasting day!
And whilst the days successive roll,
May I–their care employ;
And Virtue’s image fill my soul
With happiness and joy!
Then shall each hour as tranquil flow
As an unruffled stream;
And death itself no terror show,
But seem a pleasing dream.
(Mary Hopkins Pilkington)
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