That wasting time can ne'er destroy,

Where mortal footstep hath not been,

Nor ear hath caught its sounds of joy.

2That world to come! and O how blest!--

Fairer than prophets ever told;

And never did an angel-guest

One half its blessedness unfold.

3It is all holy and serene,--

The land of glory and repose;

And there, to dim the radiant scene,