. Earth scenes and space life : poems with illustrations . n which I faster, faster, journey on. Unnumbered brothers have I in the train ! Aspiringly they walk before, behind, And by my side ! Yet not a living soul Can give me aid or sympathy when I The mystic river cross ! Alone and lonely I Must blindly go, unless inviting lights Appear beyond, or Heavenly messengers Approach, and tell me of the better land, A land where I eternally can dwell. And show some worthy treasures of my zeal ! Each must this journey go, though fearfully,Regretting all his wicked thoughts and deeds,And yearning for
. Earth scenes and space life : poems with illustrations . n which I faster, faster, journey on. Unnumbered brothers have I in the train ! Aspiringly they walk before, behind, And by my side ! Yet not a living soul Can give me aid or sympathy when I The mystic river cross ! Alone and lonely I Must blindly go, unless inviting lights Appear beyond, or Heavenly messengers Approach, and tell me of the better land, A land where I eternally can dwell. And show some worthy treasures of my zeal ! Each must this journey go, though fearfully,Regretting all his wicked thoughts and deeds,And yearning for some more repenting time,That better hope for future life may the brave the strong and hopeful youthI ever see decaying, dying men ;Their works and ways, both good and bad, I of their oldest works are tumbling down ;Some wholly hug the ground ; some are but dust,Which dust hath wedded other sleeping dust. The forests broad, and other natural growthOf natures power, I likewise view. These allIn turn shall die ! AN/MA SEMPERJUVENIS. ^y. The dead of every ageRest on, and in the ground. The tottering, lame,And old, make lonesome shadows here and there ; ANIMA SEMPERJUVENIS. 1-9 Such shadows older, smaller, fainter grow— In time they wholly fade away ; for their Creators droop, languish, decay, fall down, And waste ; when lo ! their forms are wholly gone. Like other dust they form a part of earth. But Natures boundless spirit grows not old ; And hence their cast-off dust it gives to form Some junior animals and plants. These then, Shall grow and bloom, make glad their kin and friends ; Good things enjoy, and ghostly shadows see : Then take their last sad lot, with myriads Of all the ages past, in shrouded death. Yet though mans body s old, and weak, and dimHis eyes, and partly closed ; his soul that speaksInfallibly, but gently, in the heart—Oft struggling there to guide his ways aright—And sees and feels, believes and hopes so much,—Shall never die, but
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