the true source of strength.
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And when death's portal thou hast passed, may the bright boon be given,
To meet the approving smile of God, and share the bliss of heaven.
To meet the approving smile of God, and share the bliss of heaven.
THE TRUE SOURCE OF STRENGTH.
"Strength is born
In the deep stillness of long suffering hearts,
Not amid joy."Mrs. Hemans.
In the deep stillness of long suffering hearts,
Not amid joy."Mrs. Hemans.
Not amid pleasure's giddy throng,
Where sweetly breathes the siren song,
Gathers the spirit strength to bear
Its deepest, heaviest weight of care.
Where sweetly breathes the siren song,
Gathers the spirit strength to bear
Its deepest, heaviest weight of care.
Not where the flashing eye beams bright
With hope's sweet ray and memory's light,
Not where the wreath of rose-hued flowers
We weave to deck life's sunniest hours.
With hope's sweet ray and memory's light,
Not where the wreath of rose-hued flowers
We weave to deck life's sunniest hours.
The siren strain, the gilded hall,
Where light as air gay footsteps fall,—
Not these that blessed gift bestow,
Strength to sustain life's deepest wo.
Where light as air gay footsteps fall,—
Not these that blessed gift bestow,
Strength to sustain life's deepest wo.
But they above whose grief-bowed head
No herald light of day is shed,—
No herald light of day is shed,—
