At length, when nature’s pulse was dying,

That Power, which brought religious balm

Gave back the life that seem’d fast flying,

With health, and hope, and peaceful calm.

Cease then, woe’s child, thy deep despairing;

Remember, Heaven’s hand can save,

Though every sorrow thou art sharing,

Though life seems hov’ring o’er the grave.


Effects of Sorrow on the Mind.