484 Thanatopsis. S.M.
(1088) Dying, not Death.
It is not death to die,--
To leave this weary road,
And, midst the brotherhood on high,
To be at home with God.
2 It is not death to close
The eye long dimmed by tears,
And wake, in glorious repose
To spend eternal years.
3 It is not death to fling
Aside this sinful dust,
And rise, on strong exulting wing,
To live among the just.
4 Jesus, thou Prince of life!
Thy chosen cannot die;
Like thee, they conquer in the strife,
To reign with thee on high.
George W. Bethune, 1847.