[Poems by Cary in] The Poetical Works Of Alice and Phoebe Cary | ||
ALL IN ALL.
Aweary, wounded unto death,—
Unfavored of men's eyes,
I have a house not made with hands,
Eternal, in the skies.
Unfavored of men's eyes,
I have a house not made with hands,
Eternal, in the skies.
A house where but the steps of faith
Through the white light have trod,
Steadfast among the mansions of
The City of our God.
Through the white light have trod,
Steadfast among the mansions of
The City of our God.
There never shall the sun go down
From the lamenting day;
There storms shall never rise to beat
The light of love away.
From the lamenting day;
There storms shall never rise to beat
The light of love away.
There living streams through deathless flowres
Are flowing free and wide;
There souls that thirsted here below
Drink, and are satisfied.
Are flowing free and wide;
There souls that thirsted here below
Drink, and are satisfied.
I know my longing shall be filled
When this weak, wasting clay
Is folded like a garment from
My soul, and laid away.
When this weak, wasting clay
Is folded like a garment from
My soul, and laid away.
I know it by th' immortal hopes
That wrestle down my fear,—
By all the awful mysteries
That hide heaven from us here.
That wrestle down my fear,—
By all the awful mysteries
That hide heaven from us here.
Oh what a blissful heritage
On such as I to fall;
Possessed of thee, my Lord and God,
I am possessed of all.
On such as I to fall;
Possessed of thee, my Lord and God,
I am possessed of all.
[Poems by Cary in] The Poetical Works Of Alice and Phoebe Cary | ||