2. THE STARS.(notes)In the sweet silence of a cloudless nightThe glory-studded firmament on highWith wonder overwhelms my gazing eye,Lost in the wilderness of worlds of light.Around these suns do systems wheel their flight,All pure and spotless as the crystal sky,Th' abodes of bliss serene without a sigh,Where mists and clouds ne'er rise nor storms affright?O, for an angel's wings to fly awayFrom this low world of sin, and woe, and care,And gain those orbs of purity and love!Wish not for angel's wings: thy God obey,And soon his grace thy ransom'd soul will bearUp to his own more glorious throne above!
2. THE STARS.(notes)
In the sweet silence of a cloudless nightThe glory-studded firmament on highWith wonder overwhelms my gazing eye,Lost in the wilderness of worlds of light.Around these suns do systems wheel their flight,All pure and spotless as the crystal sky,Th' abodes of bliss serene without a sigh,Where mists and clouds ne'er rise nor storms affright?O, for an angel's wings to fly awayFrom this low world of sin, and woe, and care,And gain those orbs of purity and love!Wish not for angel's wings: thy God obey,And soon his grace thy ransom'd soul will bearUp to his own more glorious throne above!
In the sweet silence of a cloudless night
The glory-studded firmament on high
With wonder overwhelms my gazing eye,
Lost in the wilderness of worlds of light.
Around these suns do systems wheel their flight,
All pure and spotless as the crystal sky,
Th' abodes of bliss serene without a sigh,
Where mists and clouds ne'er rise nor storms affright?
O, for an angel's wings to fly away
From this low world of sin, and woe, and care,
And gain those orbs of purity and love!
Wish not for angel's wings: thy God obey,
And soon his grace thy ransom'd soul will bear
Up to his own more glorious throne above!