All joy is leased, and every heart’s desire,
A fleeting moment of eternity—
That grants the hope our yearning souls require,
Blissful visions of where we long to be.
That hallowed land where ever shines the sun,
Where rain falls never more than tears of joy,
And night—a velvet shadow, soft and warm,
To swaddle us until the dawn’s envoy
Shall call and wake us from celestial dreams,
Wherein again sweet Eden, now returned,
Shall paint the earth in gold and living green,
Reminding us of providence affirmed.
However brief this life, this joyous song—
We two shall dance in paradise, anon.

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