John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892). The Poetical Works in Four Volumes. 1892.
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With the blessed angels leave her;
Of the form so soft and fair
Give to earth the tender care.
Let the sunny south-land give her
Flowery pillow of repose,
Orange-bloom and budding rose.
Let the shining ones receive her,
With the welcome-voicëd psalm,
Harp of gold and waving palm!
There the darkness cometh never;
Tears are wiped, and fetters fall,
And the Lord is all in all.
Wrong and sin no more shall grieve her;
Care and pain and weariness
Lost in love so measureless.
Child confessor, true believer,
Listener at the Master’s knee,
“Suffer such to come to me.”
Lighting all the solemn river,
And the blessings of the poor
Wafting to the heavenly shore!