Poems (Hoffman)/A Voice from Heaven
A VOICE FROM HEAVEN(Rev. 14:13.)
I heard a voice from Heaven saying:(The loud world did not hear);My soul was sad, alas! too sad for praying,Tired of the drama that old Time was playing,Too sad for thought, smile or tear;Then to my soul a vision sweet was given,I heard a voice from Heaven.
Ah! had the skeptic in that vision solemnThen stood with me and heardThat sweet interpretation of the Word,That voice from Heaven that floods each broken columnOf human life with light divine and solemn;Alas! to those alone who knock is givenTo stand a moment in the light of Heaven.
Sometimes the world stops carelessly to hearkenWhere Death with sable wings her borders darken,And the grand language of God's revelationLinks heart with heart, and Nation unto Nation,My soul almost her earthly chain had rivenI heard a voice from Heaven.