A higher sphere; that heaven was made for me;
For all—if we accept the gift, and mount
Faith’s ladder, as the word of life directs
This life is not our destiny; ’tis but
A prelude to a state eternal, a
Mere beginning of existence, when once
Begun, that ne’er shall cease to be. Life! Life!
What art thou now—what art thou doomed to be?
A shade; a substance; dream; reality;
A blessing or a curse; a moment here;