Still by some token let her certain be!’

“At length the anxious thoughts my strength subdued, 310

And sleep o’erpower’d me in my solitude;

Then was I dreaming of unearthly race,

The glorious inmates of a blessed place;

Where lofty minds celestial views explore,

Heaven’s bliss enjoy, and heaven’s great King adore;

Him there I sought whom I had loved so well—

For sure he dwelt where happy spirits dwell!

“While thus engaged, I started at a sound,