The Poetical Works of Robert Montgomery Collected and Revised by the Author |
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THE HEART'S SANCTUARY. |
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THE HEART'S SANCTUARY.
And thus, there is a loneliness of heart,
In all deep souls a never-enter'd shrine;
Where neither love, nor friendship takes a part,
Which no eyes witness, but, Jehovah! Thine.
In all deep souls a never-enter'd shrine;
Where neither love, nor friendship takes a part,
Which no eyes witness, but, Jehovah! Thine.
But, shall we mourn, that each is circled round
With veiling mystery from the ken of man?
That waters deep within the soul abound
No word has fathom'd, and no wisdom can?
With veiling mystery from the ken of man?
That waters deep within the soul abound
No word has fathom'd, and no wisdom can?
No, rather let such merciful disguise
Move the just thinker unto grateful prayer;
For, who could live beneath terrestrial eyes
If such could witness all secreted there!
Move the just thinker unto grateful prayer;
For, who could live beneath terrestrial eyes
If such could witness all secreted there!
And if no mantle by our God were thrown
Round fallen souls, to hide man's world within,
How should we hate, what now we love to own,
And cry for darkness to conceal our sin!
Round fallen souls, to hide man's world within,
How should we hate, what now we love to own,
And cry for darkness to conceal our sin!
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