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...ENDURANCE by ELIZABETH AKERS ALLEN COMOS by ADRA CAROLINE BATCHELDER CIPHERS by ABBIE FARWELL BROWN SECOND BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 10 by THOMAS CAMPION A THUNDER STORM by WILLIAM COWPER TO SARAH, COUNTESS OF JERSEY, ON HER BIRTHDAY by GEORGE CRABBE OUTWARD BOUND by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK |