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A MORNING MEDITATION.
Now the black night will speedily be gone,
And the delicious dawning draweth near—
Charming each sense, while calmly gazing on
The freshly budding beauty which is here;
Almost a paradise doth soon appear,
Dowered with a glittering flood of dewdrops bright;
As the sun's radiance from a higher sphere
Seems to produce, even by its gladsome sight,
In careworn human hearts a wonderful delight.
And the delicious dawning draweth near—
Charming each sense, while calmly gazing on
The freshly budding beauty which is here;
Almost a paradise doth soon appear,
Dowered with a glittering flood of dewdrops bright;
As the sun's radiance from a higher sphere
Seems to produce, even by its gladsome sight,
In careworn human hearts a wonderful delight.
Ah! who at sunrise could be aught save glad!
For 'tis a prototype of perfect day,
When we shall wake to bliss, no longer sad,
And feel the glowing God-begotten ray
Which bids us fling aside all fears which may
Still cleave to us; and with enraptured soul
Speed to the land where trouble flees away
Before His presence, that long-looked-for goal,
Where all Earth's weary wounds for ever are made whole.
For 'tis a prototype of perfect day,
When we shall wake to bliss, no longer sad,
And feel the glowing God-begotten ray
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Still cleave to us; and with enraptured soul
Speed to the land where trouble flees away
Before His presence, that long-looked-for goal,
Where all Earth's weary wounds for ever are made whole.
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