Munafa ebook

Read Ebook: Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 1 (of 2) by Gibbon Edward Sheffield Henry North Holroyd Earl Of Author Of Introduction Etc Prothero Rowland E Rowland Edmund Baron Ernle Editor

Font size:

Background color:

Text color:

But yet, dear friend, though rudely sung, That old psalm tune hath still A pulse of power beyond them all My inmost soul to thrill.

Those halting tones that sound to you, Are not the tones I hear; But voices of the loved and lost There meet my longing ear.

I hear my angel mother's voice,-- Those were the words she sung; I hear my brother's ringing tones, As once on earth they rung;

And friends that walk in white above Come round me like a cloud, And far above those earthly notes Their singing sounds aloud.

There may be discord, as you say; Those voices poorly ring; But there's no discord in the strain Those upper spirits sing.

For they who sing are of the blest, The calm and glorified, Whose hours are one eternal rest On heaven's sweet floating tide.

Their life is music and accord; Their souls and hearts keep time In one swe