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Hail, heavenly voice, once heard in Patmos; “Write, Henceforth the dead who die in Christ are blest: Yea, saith the Spirit, for they now shall rest From all their labours!” But no dull, dark night That rest o’ershadows: ’tis the day-spring bright Of bliss; the foretaste of a richer feast; A sleep, if sleep it be, of lively zest, Peopled with visions of intense delight. And though the secrets of that resting-place The soul embodied knows not; yet she knows No sin is there God’s likeness to deface, To stint His love, no purgatorial woes; Her dross is left behind, nor mixture base Mars the pure stream of her serene repose.
Hail, heavenly voice, once heard in Patmos; “Write, Henceforth the dead who die in Christ are blest: Yea, saith the Spirit, for they now shall rest From all their labours!” But no dull, dark night That rest o’ershadows: ’tis the day-spring bright Of bliss; the foretaste of a richer feast; A sleep, if sleep it be, of lively zest, Peopled with visions of intense delight. And though the secrets of that resting-place The soul embodied knows not; yet she knows No sin is there God’s likeness to deface, To stint His love, no purgatorial woes; Her dross is left behind, nor mixture base Mars the pure stream of her serene repose.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- Bishop Mant (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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Page 494 · printed citation: Bishop Mant · subject: REST
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