MY PICTURES.
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I fancy that I see the wall
Of jasper, amethyst, and all
Celestial gems combining,
That round the New Jerusalem
Gleams like a royal diadem
In heavenly luster shining.
Of jasper, amethyst, and all
Celestial gems combining,
That round the New Jerusalem
Gleams like a royal diadem
In heavenly luster shining.
A great white throne I now behold,
The King thereon, the streets of gold,
And waiting seraphs kneeling;
The open pearly gates disclose
The ever-living stream that flows
Beneath the trees of healing.
The King thereon, the streets of gold,
And waiting seraphs kneeling;
The open pearly gates disclose
The ever-living stream that flows
Beneath the trees of healing.
And thus do busy fancies throng
My curious brain, and make me long
To know that great Designer,
Who thus works out his secret plan,
So far exceeding skill of man,
And infinitely finer.
My curious brain, and make me long
To know that great Designer,
Who thus works out his secret plan,
So far exceeding skill of man,
And infinitely finer.
The sun looks down with ardent ray,
And soon, alas! will melt away
My treasures evanescent;
But they have not been wrought in vain,
For memory of them shall remain
A joy forever present.
And soon, alas! will melt away
My treasures evanescent;
But they have not been wrought in vain,
For memory of them shall remain
A joy forever present.
