I long for thy divine abode,

Where sinless myriads dwell,

Who ceaseless sing thy boundless love,

And all thy glories tell.

XXXVI.
ONE WITH CHRIST.

(TO A CHRISTIAN FRIEND UNDER BEREAVEMENT.)

What though the dark cloud for a season doth hover,

O’er pleasures and prospects so humble as thine;

The joy of the past taken from thee for ever—

And thy faint heart tempted by grief to repine: