POEMS OF RELIGIOUS SORROW COMFORT COUNSEL AND ASPIRATION "Tis LIFE whereof our nerves are scant I am come that they MIGHT HAVE LIFE and that they MIGHT HAVE IT MORE ABUNDANTLY NEW YORK SHELDON AND COMPANY PUBLISHERS 1863 KD 54181 HARVARD 0437-362 O du fröhliche, o du selige, Christ ist geboren : Freue, freue dich, o Christenheit ! O du fröhliche, o du selige, Christ ist erstanden: Freue, freue dich, o Christenheit ! O du fröhliche, o du selige, Christ, unser Meister, Heiligt die Geister: Freue, freue dich, o Christenheit ! CHRISTMAS 1862 FOR one whose life lay bound, long years, In cold obstruction thrilled with fears, Whose daily bread was salt with tears: Whom the all-pleasant light of day Whose soul seemed, by an awful lot, Where hope came not, where God was not: Yet now, through grace, essays to trust God is, is merciful as just, And souls outlive all pangs of dust. For friends, ah, many friends! who find |