Arise, my soul! forsake the shadows dreary,

Though dark and dread battalions line the way;

The grandest heights can never make us weary

If we but struggle upward day by day.


A HYMN OF PRAISE.

O what gracious gifts are ours, when on every hand

Bursting buds and blushing flowers beautify the land;

Till a host of treasures lie, delicate and sweet,