Church poetry : or, Christian thoughts in old and modern verse . alone dwells solid rest :Thats a close immured towerWhich can mock all hostile thyself a tenant be,And inhabit safe and not that this house is small,Girt up in a narrow wall :In a cleanly, sober mind,Heaven itself full room doth infinite Creator canDwell in it, and may not man ?Here, content, make thy abodeWith thyself and with thy in this sweet privacy,Mayst thou with thyself agree,And keep house in peace, though allThe universes fabric disaster can distress thee :Nor no fury dispossess
Church poetry : or, Christian thoughts in old and modern verse . alone dwells solid rest :Thats a close immured towerWhich can mock all hostile thyself a tenant be,And inhabit safe and not that this house is small,Girt up in a narrow wall :In a cleanly, sober mind,Heaven itself full room doth infinite Creator canDwell in it, and may not man ?Here, content, make thy abodeWith thyself and with thy in this sweet privacy,Mayst thou with thyself agree,And keep house in peace, though allThe universes fabric disaster can distress thee :Nor no fury dispossess thee,Let all war and plunder come,Still mayst thou dwell safe at is every where to thee,Who canst thine own dwelling be ; RULES and lessons foh life. 79 Yea, though ruthless death assail thee, Still thy souls thine own ; and she To an house removd shall be, An eternal house above, Walld and roof d and pavd with love. There shall these mud walls of thine, Gallantly repaird, outshine Mortal stars ;—no stars shall be In that heaven but such as 80 KULES AND LESSONS FOR LIFE. PEACE. Rev. H. Alford. I have found Peace in the bright earth And in the sunny sky :By the low voice of summer seas, And where streams murmur by. I find it in the quiet tone Of voices that I love :By the flickering of a twilight fire, And in a leafless grove ; I find it in the solemn flow Of solitary thought :In calm half-meditated dreams, And reasonings self-taught; But seldom have I found such peace As in the souls deep joyOf passing onward free from harm Through every days employ. RULES AND LESSONS FOR LIFE. 81 If gems we seek, we only tire, And lift our hopes too high ;The constant flowers that line our way Alone can satisfy. PSALM XLIX. From the Psalter. This lesson, all ye nations, hear,All dwellers of the world, give ear, Children of high and low ;Ye nameless band, and ye of raceRenownd—the wealthy and the base— Together mark and know. My mouth would words of wisdom choose,My hear
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