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TO E. F.
ON HER REAPPEARANCE AMONG HER FRIENDS, AT THE YEARLY MEETING, 1845.
Once more thy well-known
voice lift up,
A Saviour's goodness to proclaim;
Take in thy hand salvation's cup,
Call on thy God, and bless His name!
It harmonizes with the past
Of a devoted life, like thine,
That thus serenely to the last
Thy setting sun should brightly shine.
Long since first shone its morning rays,
Its noon-tide splendour may be spent;—
Can coming night avert our gaze,
While stars are in the firmament?
Faith, hope, and love, as stars come forth,
Making a more than noon of night!
And bear this witness to thy worth,
'Tis eventide, and round thee—light!
A Saviour's goodness to proclaim;
Take in thy hand salvation's cup,
Call on thy God, and bless His name!
It harmonizes with the past
Of a devoted life, like thine,
That thus serenely to the last
Thy setting sun should brightly shine.
Long since first shone its morning rays,
Its noon-tide splendour may be spent;—
Can coming night avert our gaze,
While stars are in the firmament?
Faith, hope, and love, as stars come forth,
Making a more than noon of night!
And bear this witness to thy worth,
'Tis eventide, and round thee—light!
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