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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HOUR OF PEACEFUL REST, by WILLIAM BINGHAM TAPPAN First Line: There is an hour of peaceful rest Last Line: Appears the dawn of heaven. | |||
THERE is an hour of peaceful rest To mourning wanderers given; There is a joy for souls distrest, A balm for every wounded breast, 'T is found alone in heaven. There is a soft, a downy bed, Far from these shades of even -- A couch for weary mortals spread, Where they may rest the aching head, And find repose, in heaven. There is a home for weary souls By sin and sorrow driven; When tossed on life's tempestuous shoals, Where storms arise, and ocean rolls, And all is drear but heaven. There faith lifts up her cheerful eye, To brighter prospects given; And views the tempest passing by, The evening shadows quickly fly, And all serene in heaven. There fragrant flowers immortal bloom, And joys supreme are given; There rays divine disperse the gloom: Beyond the confines of the tomb Appears the dawn of heaven. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...I'VE NOTHING TO OFFER by DAVID IGNATOW ON THE DEATH OF JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE by FITZ-GREENE HALLECK ECHOES: 4. INVICTUS by WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY HEINE'S GRAVE by MATTHEW ARNOLD THE REPLY OF Q. HORATIUS FLACCUS TO A ROMAN 'ROUND-ROBIN' by ALFRED AUSTIN TO A LADY, WITH SOME PAINTED FLOWERS by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD COMMENDATORY VERSES TO WILLIAM BROWNE'S 'BRITANNIA'S PASTORALS' by WILLIAM BASSE |
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