THE Sabbath bells renew the inviting peal; Glad music! yet there be that, worn with pain And sickness, listen where they long have lain, In sadness listen. With maternal zeal Inspired, the Church sends ministers to kneel Beside the afflicted; to sustain with prayer, And soothe the heart confession hath laid bare -- That pardon, from God's throne, may set its seal On a true Penitent. When breath departs From one disburthened so, so comforted, His Spirit Angels greet; and ours be hope That, if the Sufferer rise from his sick-bed, Hence he will gain a firmer mind, to cope With a bad world, and foil the Tempter's arts. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DINING-ROOM TEA by RUPERT BROOKE WHISTLE, AND I'LL COME TO YOU by ROBERT BURNS THE LONG WHITE SEAM by JEAN INGELOW THE EMPEROR OF ICE-CREAM by WALLACE STEVENS EPISTLES ON THE CHARACTER AND CONDITION OF WOMEN: 3 by LUCY AIKEN A MEMORY by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE TO A CHILD, THE DAUGHTER OF A FRIEND by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD |