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,