Memoir and remains of the Rev. James D. Burns ... By the late Rev. James Hamilton [i.e. J. D. Burns] |
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LIFE. |
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LIFE.
Short at the longest,
Frail at the strongest,
Flame of a taper,
Foam of a river,
Ocean's weak spray,—
Frost-work so brittle,
It shrinks from a ray;
Breath of a vapour,
Seen for a little,
Then fading away.
Frail at the strongest,
Flame of a taper,
Foam of a river,
Ocean's weak spray,—
Frost-work so brittle,
It shrinks from a ray;
Breath of a vapour,
Seen for a little,
Then fading away.
Yet, as thou fliest,
Bringing from heaven
The best and the highest
Hopes ever given;
Precious thy moments,
Rich thy bestowments,
Let my hand grasp them,
Let my heart clasp them,—
And on Time's brink
The glory foreseeing,
Bringing from heaven
The best and the highest
Hopes ever given;
Precious thy moments,
Rich thy bestowments,
Let my hand grasp them,
Let my heart clasp them,—
And on Time's brink
The glory foreseeing,
I know life is mine,
Immortal, divine,
By a gold link
That death cannot sever,
God to His Being
Hath bound mine for ever.
Immortal, divine,
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That death cannot sever,
God to His Being
Hath bound mine for ever.
1860.
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