WHERE DOST THOU DWELL.
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I hear them now! as they rise and swell,
From childhood's fairy shore;
And they fall on my ear like a far-off bell,
Tolling at midnight a funeral knell—
And my heart is sad once more!
From childhood's fairy shore;
And they fall on my ear like a far-off bell,
Tolling at midnight a funeral knell—
And my heart is sad once more!
WHERE DOST THOU DWELL?
Where is thy dwelling now,
O! long lamented?—dost thou hover round,
Clad in an angel's garb, or is thy brow
With the death-garland bound?
O! long lamented?—dost thou hover round,
Clad in an angel's garb, or is thy brow
With the death-garland bound?
Lo! spirit, 'tis on thee,
That I would call—on thee, that livest yet.
Changeless, eternal as eternity;
Thy sun can never set.
That I would call—on thee, that livest yet.
Changeless, eternal as eternity;
Thy sun can never set.
Yet speak! where hast thou flown;
Which of the "many mansions" that are found,
Within the Father's house, is now thine own,
O thou! tho victor crowned?
Which of the "many mansions" that are found,
Within the Father's house, is now thine own,
O thou! tho victor crowned?
Down 'midst the snowy pearls
That light the gorgeous caverns deep,
Whilst far above the circling eddy curls,
Dost thou thy watches keep?
That light the gorgeous caverns deep,
Whilst far above the circling eddy curls,
Dost thou thy watches keep?
