C. HEAVEN. HE whifpering waves were half asleep, And on the land and on the deep, SHELLEY. CI. HEAVEN. HOULD not the exile, Lord, defire The bride to greet her abfent lord? When we amid this ftormy world, Feel like the homeless dove, We would in spirit fpread the wing, CII. HEAVEN. HEY may ftand near to the pearly gates, When the Manfion-house is given ? CIII. IMMORTALITY. T matters little at what hour o' the day come To him untimely who is fit to die ; The lefs of this cold world, the more of heaven; The briefer life, the earlier immortality. MILMAN. Emmortality.-Parting. 265 H CIV. IMMORTALITY. OW welcome thofe untrodden spheres! To foar from Earth, and find all fears Oh! in that future let us think To hold each heart the heart that shares; BYRON. CV. PARTING. HEN eyes are beaming What never tongue might tell, When tears are streaming From their crystal cell; When hands are linked that dread to part, And heart is met by throbbing heart, Oh! bitter, bitter is the fmart Of them that bid farewell! When hope is chidden That fain of blifs would tell, And love forbidden In the breaft to dwell; When fettered by a viewless chain, BISHOP HEBER. CVI. PARTING. OT as the worldling bids farewell While earthly wishes bound his view; Whofe but the Chriftian's tongue can tell The fulness of that word Adieu! Cling to the Uncreated Friend, To Him, while I pronounce Adieu! CVII. PARTING. HEN forced to part from thofe we love, Yet oh what words can paint the tears Yet if our views are fixed aright, Though here our profpects end in night, Then let us form thofe bonds above, Which time can ne'er diffever; Since parting in a Saviour's love, |