May not, for the cries that went WEEP NOT FOR THE DEAD. I hear the voice Of the expecting grave. - Martyr of Antioch. THE grave hath voice, and seems to say, Weep for the living wretch, whose sighs Not him whose parting pangs are over. Nations of men that sleep below! Weep for the sufferer who is tost Weep, weep for her who comes to weep Where her sweet infant lies full low; Not for the spark whose upward leap Hath made it flame with cherubs so! Weep for the prisoner, for the heir Of misery, toil, and tears and pain; But not for those, escaped, who share Immortal joys, undying gain. BEAUTY. Thus she stood amid the stooks, MODEST Beauty praises God, When it sends its glance abroad, Of bright health, with lip of dew, And religion of a face With a sweet expression blent! From the mouth of pearls and gems, - From the nameless, charming whole A SIMILE. IN the dew-drop you behold Man, before the throne above, — Where no sinful foot hath trod, Thus reflects the perfect love Of the awful, glorious God. THE HEAVENLY REST. KNOW ye the earth, on which ye tread, With fruits of the best, with earliest flowers, Know ye the earth, so pleasant to-day, That its best and earliest show in their bloom Melt from the heavens with evening's breezeAnd the peace which the pilgrim sought to know, He learns, in his sorrow, is not below? Know ye there remaineth a heavenly rest For the weary one, and the care-opprest That ye need not seek it on earth abroad, 'Tis barren of bliss for the sons of God,That the saint will faint in its path of care, And sigh and die, who rests him there; That above, in bowers Where the deathless flowers No blight of the tomb Can come, where sparkling rivers of bliss Murmur on, as the margins of beauty they kiss? WATCH NIGHT. "Three Watch Nights are mentioned in the Bible-the Egyptian Watch Night, when the Israelites were delivered; our Lord's Watch Night in the garden; Paul and Silas' Watch Night." WATCH Night, of old, God's chosen, bold, Held, when their hosts he came, From scourge and guile, And lands of Nile, To lead, in cloud and flame. His Watch Night, sad, When Satan had One boastful hour the throne Immanuel kept, While angels wept To see their Lord alone. |