Poems (Hoffman)/A Voice from Heaven
A VOICE FROM HEAVEN
(Rev. 14:13.)
(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.
(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 solemn
Then stood with me and heard
That sweet interpretation of the Word,
That voice from Heaven that floods each broken column
Of human life with light divine and solemn;
Alas! to those alone who knock is given
To stand a moment in the light of Heaven.
Then stood with me and heard
That sweet interpretation of the Word,
That voice from Heaven that floods each broken column
Of human life with light divine and solemn;
Alas! to those alone who knock is given
To stand a moment in the light of Heaven.
Sometimes the world stops carelessly to hearken
Where Death with sable wings her borders darken,
And the grand language of God's revelation
Links heart with heart, and Nation unto Nation,
My soul almost her earthly chain had riven
I heard a voice from Heaven.
Where Death with sable wings her borders darken,
And the grand language of God's revelation
Links heart with heart, and Nation unto Nation,
My soul almost her earthly chain had riven
I heard a voice from Heaven.