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"I WILL LIFT UP MINE EYES.
"I WILL LIFT UP MINE EYES UNTO THE HILLS."
I AM pale with sick desire,
For my heart is far away
From this world's fitful fire
And this world's waning day;
In a dream it overleaps
A world of tedious ills
To where the sunshine sleeps
On the everlasting hills.—
Say the Saints: There Angels ease us
  Glorified and white.
They say: We rest in Jesus,
  Where is not day or night.

My soul saith: I have sought
For a home that is not gained,
I have spent yet nothing bought,
Have laboured but not attained;
My pride strove to mount and grow,
And hath but dwindled down;
My love sought love, and lo!
Hath not attained its crown.—
Say the Saints: Fresh souls increase us,
  None languish or recede.
They say: We love our Jesus,
  And He loves us indeed.