Poems on Various Subjects By Henry James Pye ... In Two Volumes. Ornamented with Frontispieces |
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ON THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL. |
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ON THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL.
'Tis friendly Death alone bestowsA refuge sure from human woes.
What though our mortal frames await
The inevitable stroke of Fate,
Given by the Gods, the immortal Mind
Unhurt, shall life eternal find:
Though oft when toil subdues the breast
Awhile she sink to silent rest,
Yet when in balmy sleep we lie
Around her active senses sly,
And clearly-boding dreams impart
Her judgment to the slumbering heart,
Which Bliss, fair Virtue's meed declare,
For Vice, the pangs of sad Despair.
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