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2. THE STARS. (notes)

In the sweet silence of a cloudless night

The glory-studded firmament on high

With wonder overwhelms my gazing eye,

Lost in the wilderness of worlds of light.

Around these suns do systems wheel their flight,

All pure and spotless as the crystal sky,

Th' abodes of bliss serene without a sigh,

Where mists and clouds ne'er rise nor storms affright?

O, for an angel's wings to fly away

From this low world of sin, and woe, and care,

And gain those orbs of purity and love!

Wish not for angel's wings: thy God obey,

And soon his grace thy ransom'd soul will bear

Up to his own more glorious throne above!