The soul in dalliance laid,—the spirit
Corrupt with sin,—shall not inherit
A joy so great.
Longfellow, from the Spanish.
Our better nature pineth—let it be!
Thou human soul—earth is no home for thee;
Thy starry rest is in eternity.
Miss Landon.
He of the lion-voice, the rainbow-crowned,
Shall stand upon the mountains and the sea,