Poems (Edwards)/Thoughts on Immortality
THOUGHTS ON IMMORTALITY.
O! if we had no hopes beyond The confines of the grave,If all our dreams of future life, Died with time's parting wave;How desolate this world would be, How joyless would we stand,Shut out from faith and hope and love, In this cold tearful land.
Thrice blessed thought! we have a hope Beyond the bounds of death,Beyond the darkening clouds of earth, "Where life is not a breath;"A hope that, when our toils are done, And life's dull cares are o'er,We shall sit down at God's right hand, In bliss for evermore.
Then let us bear without a sigh, The gathering ills that rise,God hears us in our deep distress, He counts our tears and sighs;He bids our troubled hearts be still, He bids our sorrows flee;Come, Lord! and cheer our drooping hearts, We wait, we wait for thee.