2 CORINTHIANS, vii. 5.
WHEN shall I sleep that long, long Sleep,
From which no human voice can wake me–
When o’er my corse shall mourners weep,
When to yon heav’n shall angels take me?
When shall I close my weary eyes
On vanity, on sin, and folly?
When shall I burst those fragile ties,
Which bind me here to melancholy?
When shall I stay the trickling tear,
So warm continually flowing?
When dissipate those racking fears,
Which doubt within my breast is sowing?
When shall I cease to heave the sigh
Which rives my bosom as it lengthens?
When will Faith’s penetrating eye
Dissolve my doubts, my comforts strengthen?
When will repose this wearied heart?
When, when will cease its wild pulsation?
When will Death aim that friendly dart,
Which deadens me to all sensation?
When will this throbbing pulse give o’er,
When stop its quick, tumultuous beating?
When will these lips inhale no more,
The breath of life so weak, so fleeting?
When shall I shift this troubled scene,
Leaving a joyless world behind me?
When shall friends seek me where I’ve been,
Gaze all around–but shall not find me?
When shall I see His lovely face,
Which here was marr’d far worse than any?
When shall I view that glorious place,
His heart-felt griefs secur’d to many?
Then–when I sleep that long, long sleep,
From which affection’s voice can’t wake me!
O’er my cold form my friends may weep,
While to my JESUS angels take me!
(Charlotte Eliza Dixon)
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