E'er felt through all his frame such rapture spread,

As I do feel, O Christ, redeem'd by thee!

And thou wilt yet still greater bliss bestow,

When from the prison—barriers of the grave

My captive dust in heav'nly form shall rise.

Then shall I taste the joys, which angels know,

In regions calm, where tempests never rave,

Nor clouds e'er float across the crystal skies.