The Works of The Ettrick Shepherd Centenary Edition. With a Memoir of the Author, by the Rev. Thomas Thomson ... Poems and Life. With Many Illustrative Engravings [by James Hogg] |
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'Twas as if spirit from the earth,
Proud of its righteousness and worth,
Had hurried to the gates on high,
Passing poor pensive journeyers by;
But lo! when at the gates above,
The paradise of peace and love,
He finds all entrance there denied,
And the poor ghost is thrust aside;
Barr'd from the presence of his God,
And banish'd to some drear abode,
In darkness and in chains to lie
Through ages of eternity.
Think of that spirit's woeful case,
The lines of his deploring face,
And livid hues 'twixt black and wan,
And think of Eric if you can!
Proud of its righteousness and worth,
Had hurried to the gates on high,
Passing poor pensive journeyers by;
But lo! when at the gates above,
The paradise of peace and love,
He finds all entrance there denied,
And the poor ghost is thrust aside;
Barr'd from the presence of his God,
And banish'd to some drear abode,
In darkness and in chains to lie
Through ages of eternity.
Think of that spirit's woeful case,
The lines of his deploring face,
And livid hues 'twixt black and wan,
And think of Eric if you can!
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