nd the tempter's roar and dart,
And every foe to cause me smart,
Thy constant, filial guest.

Afar I sometimes see below
A glimpse of Salem's mansions glow,
All blessed, all divine:
O city high, nor sun nor moon,
Arise o'er thee, God is thy noon!
When shall thy bliss be mine?

At the great resurrection day,
I shall shake off this heavy clay,
And rise above the earth:
Then mount on wings sublime to heaven,
When Thou hast powers immortal given,
O strange, and glorious birth!

And then, with life immortal crowned,
My feeble song of glory drowned
Among the sons of light,
Our strains shall high and higher swell,
In keeping feast without farewell,
To Jesus day and night.

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[4]Originally "nyth," nest.

XXXIII.
DESIRE.

Thy bright, swift pinions, Dawn, had I,
To distant realms my soul would fly;
And view eternal mansions there,
Where my lost friends and Saviour are.

O were to me that chariot given,
Which bore the man of God to heaven:
I would this earthly tent resign,
And every mortal joy of mine.

By day or night I should not tire,
Had I pillared cloud and fire:
I'd sing the dreary desert through,
And joyful enter Jordan too.

Or could I Jacob's ladder climb,
I'd leave afar the clouds of time;
Nor rest until my favoured ears
Caught angel-strains above the spheres.

My soul, it is thy Peniel here,
Repeat good Jacob's earnest prayer:
Perchance, before the morning wake,
The day divine may o'er thee break.

XXXIV.
JUBILEE.

I am through the lone night waiting,
For the dawning of the day,
When my prison door is opened,
When my fetters fall away.
O come quickly,
Happy day of Jubilee!

Let me still be meekly wakeful,
Trusting that to all my woes,
By thy mighty hand, Redeemer,
Shall be given a speedy close:
Keep me watching,
For the joyful Jubilee.

XXXV.
LOOKING BEYOND.

I look beyond the distant hills,
My risen Lord to see:
O come, Beloved, ere the dusk,
My sun doth set on me!

Methinks