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CCLXI. Rising to God

1 Now let our souls, on wings sublime,
Rise from the vanities of time:
Draw back the parting veil, and see
The glories of eternity.

2 Born by a new celestial birth,
Why should we grovel here on earth?
Why grasp at transitory toys,
So near to heav'ns eternal joys?

3 Shall aught beguile us on the road!
When we are walking back to God?
For strangers into life we come,
And dying is but going home.

4 Welcome sweet hour of full discharge,
That sets our longing souls at large:
Unbinds our chains, breaks up our cell,
And gives us with out God to dwell.

5 To dwell with God, to feel his love,
Is the full heaven enjoy'd above;
And the sweet expectation now
Is the young dawn of heaven below.

Text Information

• First Line: Now let our souls, on wings sublime
• Title: Rising to God
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1799
• Topic: Heaven: Longed for
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

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