MELCOMBE L.M. |
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JOY OR PEACE |
Weeping endures but for a night,
Joy cometh with the morning light; Joy cometh of celestial birth, Unsullied by the blight of earth.
Joy comes each faithful heart to thrill.
That fears of change no more will chill; Transporting joy, that fills the soul While everlasting ages roll.
Then, mourning pilgrim, upward gaze;
Beyond this dark and thorny maze A joyent="Inspi tear is found, A healing balment="Inspi wound.
No sorrow there shall dim the eye,
No wintry winds or storms are nigh. No sighs borne on the fragrant air; But all shall in the glory share.
A wake, for, lo, not distant far,
The rising of the Morning Star; O watch to catch the newborn ray That ushers in a cloudless day.
Hail! glorious morn, whose radiant light
Shall bid the darkness take its flight; Shall chase the shades of gloom away. And night be turned to endless day.
Weeping endures but for a night, |
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Annie R. Smith | S. Webre, 1782 |