Fire, sword, and all thy ever-open gates,
Which day and night, stand ready to receive us;
But what's beyond them?—Who shall draw that veil?
[Hughes's Siege of Damascus.]
Answer, by the late Rev. S. Bishop, M. A.
Beyond? and, Who shall draw that veil?—The man
Whom Christian Spirit hath ennobled can:
He from th' abyss beyond, the veil shall tear,
For 'tis his triumph, that Death is not there!
That there is all sublime devotion's scope;