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et concert with the Lord,-- One concert vast, sublime.
And through the hymns they sang on earth Sometimes a sweetness falls On those they loved and left below, And softly homeward calls,--
Bells from our own dear fatherland, Borne trembling o'er the sea,-- The narrow sea that they have crossed, The shores where we shall be.
O sing, sing on, beloved souls! Sing cares and griefs to rest; Sing, till entranc?d we arise To join you 'mong the blest.
THE OTHER WORLD.
IT lies around us like a cloud, A world we do not see; Yet the sweet closing of an eye May bring us there to be.
Its gentle breezes fan our cheek; Amid our worldly cares, Its gentle voices whisper love, And mingle with our prayers.
Sweet hearts around us throb and beat, Sweet helping hands are stirred, And palpitates the veil between With breathings almost heard.
The silence, awful, sweet, and calm, They have no power to break; For mortal words are not for them To utter or partake.
So thin, so soft, so sweet, they glide, So near to press they seem, They lull us gently to our rest, They melt into our dream.
And in the hush of rest they bring 'Tis easy now to see How lovely and how sweet a pass The hour of death may be;--
To close the eye, and close the ear, Wrapped in a trance of bliss, And, gently drawn in loving arms, To swoon to that--from this,--
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