'Tis gone, that bright and orbed blaze,
Fast fading from our wistful gaze;
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Awake--again the Gospel-trump is blown -
From year to year it swells with louder tone,
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Not till the freezing blast is still,
Till freely leaps the sparkling rill,
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What went ye out to see
O'er the rude sandy lea,
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Of the bright things in earth and air
How little can the heart embrace!
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As rays around the source of light
Stream upward ere he glow in sight,
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Say, ye celestial guards, who wait
In Bethlehem, round the Saviour's palace gate,
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When in my silent solitary walk,
I sought a strain not all unworthy Thee,
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Hues of the rich unfolding morn,
That, ere the glorious sun be born,
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Red o’er the forest peers the setting sun;
The line of yellow light dies fast away
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I thought to meet no more, so dreary seem'd
Death's interposing veil, and thou so pure,
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The voice that breathed o'er Eden,
That earliest wedding day
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Blest are the pure in heart,
For they shall see our God;
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Sun of my soul, Thou Savior dear,
It is not night if Thou be near;
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Ye whose hearts are beating high
With the pulse of Poesy,
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The year begins with Thee,
And Thou beginn'st with woe,
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And wilt thou hear the fevered heart
To Thee in silence cry?
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Star of the East, how sweet art Thou,
Seen in life's early morning sky,
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Lessons sweet of spring returning,
Welcome to the thoughtful heart!
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The heart of childhood is all mirth:
We frolic to and fro
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I marked a rainbow in the north,
What time the wild autumnal sun
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They know the Almighty's power,
Who, wakened by the rushing midnight shower,
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There are, who darkling and alone,
Would wish the weary night were gone,
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There is a book, who runs may read,
Which heavenly truth imparts,
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Foe of mankind! too bold thy race:
Thou runn'st at such a reckless pace,
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Sweet Dove! the softest, steadiest plume,
In all the sunbright sky,
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