The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Part 100

[4] "I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither."--_Deut_. x.x.xiv. 4.

[5] "As he was going to embrace Eleazer and Joshua, and was still discoursing with them, a cloud stood over him on the sudden, and he disappeared in a certain valley, although he wrote in the Holy Books that he died, which was done out of fear, lest they should venture to say that, because of his extraordinary virtue, he went to G.o.d."--_Josephus_, book iv. chap. viii.

LIKE MORNING, WHEN HER EARLY BREEZE.

(AIR. BEETHOVEN.)

Like morning, when her early breeze Breaks up the surface of the seas, That, in those furrows, dark with night, Her hand may sow the seeds of light--

Thy Grace can send its breathings o'er The Spirit, dark and lost before, And, freshening all its depths, prepare For Truth divine to enter there.

Till David touched his sacred lyre.

In silence lay the unbreathing wire; But when he swept its chords along, Even Angels stooped to hear that song.

So sleeps the soul, till Thou, oh LORD, Shalt deign to touch its lifeless chord-- Till, waked by Thee, its breath shall rise In music, worthy of the skies!

COME, YE DISCONSOLATE.

(AIR.--GERMAN.)

Come, ye disconsolate, where'er you languish, Come, at G.o.d's altar fervently kneel; Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish-- Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.

Joy of the desolate, Light of the straying, Hope, when all others die, fadeless and pure, Here speaks the Comforter, in G.o.d'S name saying-- "Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot cure."

Go, ask the infidel, what boon he brings us What charm for aching hearts _he_ can reveal, Sweet as that heavenly promise Hope sings us-- "Earth has no sorrow that G.o.d cannot heal."

AWAKE, ARISE, THY LIGHT IS COME.

(AIR.--STEVENSON.)

Awake, arise, thy light is come;[1]

The nations, that before outshone thee, Now at thy feet lie dark and dumb-- The glory of the Lord is on thee!

Arise--the Gentiles to thy ray, From every nook of earth shall cl.u.s.ter; And kings and princes haste to pay Their homage to thy rising l.u.s.tre.[2]

Lift up thine eyes around, and see O'er foreign fields, o'er farthest waters, Thy exiled sons return to thee, To thee return thy home-sick daughters.[3]

And camels rich, from Midians' tents, Shall lay their treasures down before thee; And Saba bring her gold and scents, To fill thy air and sparkle o'er thee.[4]

See, who are these that, like a cloud,[5]

Are gathering from all earth's dominions, Like doves, long absent, when allowed Homeward to shoot their trembling pinions.

Surely the isles shall wait for me,[6]

The ships of Tarshish round will hover, To bring thy sons across the sea, And waft their gold and silver over.

And Lebanon thy pomp shall grace[7]-- The fir, the pine, the palm victorious Shall beautify our Holy Place, And make the ground I tread on glorious.

No more shall dischord haunt thy ways,[8]

Nor ruin waste thy cheerless nation; But thou shalt call thy portal Praise, And thou shalt name thy walls Salvation.

The sun no more shall make thee bright,[9]

Nor moon shall lend her l.u.s.tre to thee; But G.o.d, Himself, shall be thy Light, And flash eternal glory thro' thee.

Thy sun shall never more go down; A ray from heaven itself descended Shall light thy everlasting crown-- Thy days of mourning all are ended.[10]

My own, elect, and righteous Land!

The Branch, for ever green and vernal, Which I have planted with this hand-- Live thou shalt in Life Eternal.[11]

[1] "Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee."--_Isaiah_, xl.

[2] "And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising."--_Isaiah_, xl.

[3] "Lift up thine eyes round about, and see; all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from afar, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side."--_Isaiah_, lx.

[4] "The mult.i.tude of camels shall cover thee; the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come; they shall bring gold and incense."--_Ib_.

[5] "Who are these that fly as a cloud and as the doves to their windows?"--_Ib_.

[6] "Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them."--_Ib_.

[7] "The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee; the fir-tree, the pine-tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious."--_Ib_.

[8] "Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls, Salvation, and thy gates, Praise.--_Isaiah_, lx.

[9] "Thy sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy G.o.d thy glory."--_Ib_.

[10] "Thy sun shall no more go down...for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended."--_Ib_.

[11] "Thy people also shall be all righteous; they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands."--_Ib_.