poems.
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And gentle songs of birds, ere man was made,
Woke music's echo. Nature sang for joy!
But not for these had the Creator made
The lovely earth, the glowing lights of heaven!
No! rob'd in innocence, and nobly form'd
In his Creator's image, man appear'd;
And all to him was giv'n,—a rich inheritance!
Fair was his home in Eden; sweet the joy
Of love that beam'd upon him; while above
God's favor rested: joy was heard in heaven.
The morning stars look'd down and sang together;
View'd all the glories of commencing time,
And joyous shone, as, in their heavenly sphere,
They rush'd upon their glorious course:
They there shall shine until th' eternal sun,
The Sun of Righteousness, dispels their beams,
And never fade till time shall be no more.
Woke music's echo. Nature sang for joy!
But not for these had the Creator made
The lovely earth, the glowing lights of heaven!
No! rob'd in innocence, and nobly form'd
In his Creator's image, man appear'd;
And all to him was giv'n,—a rich inheritance!
Fair was his home in Eden; sweet the joy
Of love that beam'd upon him; while above
God's favor rested: joy was heard in heaven.
The morning stars look'd down and sang together;
View'd all the glories of commencing time,
And joyous shone, as, in their heavenly sphere,
They rush'd upon their glorious course:
They there shall shine until th' eternal sun,
The Sun of Righteousness, dispels their beams,
And never fade till time shall be no more.
ABSENCE.
The cloudless sun in beauty shone
And brighten'd all the scene around
And thus doth friendship from its zone
Our path with light and joy surround.
And brighten'd all the scene around
And thus doth friendship from its zone
Our path with light and joy surround.
