Thence duly should arise;

Lifting th’ eternal hope, th’ adoring breath,

Of spirits, not to be disjoin’d by death,

Up to the starry skies.

There, dost thou well believe, no storm should come

To mar the stillness of that angel-home;

There should thy slumbers be

Weigh’d down with honey-dew, serenely bless’d,

Like theirs who first in Eden’s grove took rest

Under some balmy tree.