Poems (Taggart)/Hope of Happiness after Death
HOPE OF HAPPINESS AFTER DEATH.
In spite of this despairing gloom,Some brighter pleasures yet may bloom, And last without alloy;After this life has passed away,After this wasted frame's decay, The soul may live in joy.
Religion can the heart divestOf its repining, murmuring guest, And cheer with love divine;Can fill the soul with transport pure,That everlasting shall endure, In ecstasies sublime.
And when this world shall be dissolved,When time's last circles have revolved And quenched their earthly ray;Then shall the immortal soul resumeIts wakened body from the tomb, To live an endless, blissful day.