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Sweet was the journey to the sky The holy prophet tried; “Climb up the mount,” said God, “and die”— The prophet climbed, and died. Softly his fainting head he lay Upon his Maker’s breast; His Maker soothed his soul away, And laid his flesh to rest. In God’s own arms he left the breath That God’s own Spirit gave; His was the noblest road to death, And his the sweetest grave.
Sweet was the journey to the sky The holy prophet tried; “Climb up the mount,” said God, “and die”— The prophet climbed, and died. Softly his fainting head he lay Upon his Maker’s breast; His Maker soothed his soul away, And laid his flesh to rest. In God’s own arms he left the breath That God’s own Spirit gave; His was the noblest road to death, And his the sweetest grave.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 401 · printed citation: Watts · subject: MOSES
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