Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional, Vol. 1 #97
Display Title: The Christian's Prospect First Line: Happy the soul, whose wishes climb Date: 1760
Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional, Vol. 1 #97
1 Happy the man whose wishes climb
To mansions in the skies!
He looks on all the joys of time
With undesiring eyes.
2 In vain soft pleasure spreads her charms,
And throws her silken chain;
And wealth and fame invite his arms,
And tempt his ear in vain.
3 He knows that all these glitt'ring things
Must yield to sure decay;
And sees on time's extended wings
How swift they flee away.
4 To things unseen by mortal eyes,
A beam of sacred light
Directs his view; his prospects rise
All permanent and bright.
5 His hopes are fix'd on joys to come:
Those blissful scenes on high
Shall flourish in immortal bloom,
When time and nature die.
Source: Book of Worship (Rev. ed.) #370
First Line: | Happy the soul whose wishes climb |
Author: | Anne Steele (1760) |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1760 |
Copyright: | Public Domain |