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The works of Mrs. Hemans

With a memoir of her life, by her sister. In seven volumes
Hemans, Felicia Dorothea Browne (1793-1835)

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VOL. I.
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VOL. II.
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VOL. III.
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VOL. IV.
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THE FOREST SANCTUARY.
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LAYS OF MANY LANDS.
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MISCELLANEOUS PIECES.
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WELSH MELODIES.
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HYMNS FOR CHILDHOOD.
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MISCELLANEOUS PIECES.
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VOL. V.
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VOL. VI.
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VOL. VII.

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II.—INVOCATION CONTINUED.

And come, ye faithful! round Messiah seen,
With a soft harmony of tears and light
Streaming through all your spiritual mien,
As in calm clouds of pearly stillness bright,
Showers weave with sunshine, and transpierce their slight
Ethereal cradle.—From your heart subdued
All haughty dreams of power had wing'd their flight,
And left high place for martyr fortitude,
True faith, long-suffering love.—Come to me, come!
And, as the seas beneath your master's tread
Fell into crystal smoothness, round him spread
Like the clear pavement of his heavenly home;
So in your presence, let the soul's great deep
Sink to the gentleness of infant sleep.
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