20.12.2012, 21:25
With what effulgent majesty descends
Yon orb th' ethereal as circling rolls
Each crimson cloud like glory-seeking souls,
And heighten'd beauty to his splendour lends !
Emblem of the departing e'er he wends
That unknown path which countless thousands tread,
By Heav'n-taught faith chases each gath'ring doubt
And radiates the murky clouds of dread,
While mourning friends who weeping stand about
His couch of death, the tears of sorrow shed
Enlighten'd are as life's lamp burnetii out.
Destiny, when the parting hour arrives,
May trust in all that has sublimely said
Yet evidence around great hope unwitheing lives.
Yon orb th' ethereal as circling rolls
Each crimson cloud like glory-seeking souls,
And heighten'd beauty to his splendour lends !
Emblem of the departing e'er he wends
That unknown path which countless thousands tread,
By Heav'n-taught faith chases each gath'ring doubt
And radiates the murky clouds of dread,
While mourning friends who weeping stand about
His couch of death, the tears of sorrow shed
Enlighten'd are as life's lamp burnetii out.
Destiny, when the parting hour arrives,
May trust in all that has sublimely said
Yet evidence around great hope unwitheing lives.