{"product_id":"2940148131922","title":"Religious Poems (Illustrated)","description":"SLOW through the solemn air, in silence sailing,\u003cbr\u003eBorne by mysterious angels, strong and fair,\u003cbr\u003eShe sleeps at last, blest dreams her eyelids veiling,\u003cbr\u003e[2]Above this weary world of strife and care.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLo how she passeth!—dreamy, slow, and calm:\u003cbr\u003eScarce wave those broad, white wings, so silvery bright;\u003cbr\u003eThose cloudy robes, in star-emblazoned folding,\u003cbr\u003eSweep mistily athwart the evening light.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFar, far below, the dim, forsaken earth,\u003cbr\u003eThe foes that threaten, or the friends that weep;\u003cbr\u003ePast, like a dream, the torture and the pain:\u003cbr\u003eFor so He giveth his beloved sleep.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe restless bosom of the surging ocean\u003cbr\u003eGives back the image as the cloud floats o'er,\u003cbr\u003eHushing in glassy awe his troubled motion;\u003cbr\u003e[3]For one blest moment he complains no more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike the transparent golden floor of heaven,\u003cbr\u003eHis charmed waters lie as in a dream,\u003cbr\u003eAnd glistening wings, and starry robes unfolding,\u003cbr\u003eAnd serious angel eyes far downward gleam.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eO restless sea! thou seemest all enchanted\u003cbr\u003eBy that sweet vision of celestial rest;\u003cbr\u003eWhere are the winds and tides thy peace that haunted,—\u003cbr\u003eSo still thou seemest, so glorified and blest!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAh, sea! to-morrow, that sweet scene forgotten,\u003cbr\u003eDark tides and tempests shall thy bosom rear;\u003cbr\u003eAnd thy complaining waves, with restless motion,\u003cbr\u003eShall toss their hands in their old wild despair.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo o'er our hearts sometimes the sweet, sad story\u003cbr\u003eOf suffering saints, borne homeward crowned and blest,\u003cbr\u003eShines down in stillness with a tender glory,\u003cbr\u003e[4]And makes a mirror there of breathless rest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor not alone in those old Eastern regions\u003cbr\u003eAre Christ's beloved ones tried by cross and chain;\u003cbr\u003eIn many a house are his elect ones hidden,\u003cbr\u003eHis martyrs suffering in their patient pain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe rack, the cross, life's weary wrench of woe,\u003cbr\u003eThe world sees not, as slow, from day to day,\u003cbr\u003eIn calm, unspoken patience, sadly still,\u003cbr\u003eThe loving spirit bleeds itself away.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut there are hours when, from the heavens unfolding,\u003cbr\u003eCome down the angels with the glad release;\u003cbr\u003eAnd we look upward, to behold in glory\u003cbr\u003eOur suffering loved ones borne away to peace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAh, brief the calm! the restless wave of feeling\u003cbr\u003eRises again when the bright cloud sweeps by,\u003cbr\u003eAnd our unrestful souls reflect no longer\u003cbr\u003e[5]That tender vision of the upper sky.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEspoused Lord of the pure saints in glory,\u003cbr\u003eTo whom all faithful souls affianced are,\u003cbr\u003eBreathe down thy peace into our restless spirits,\u003cbr\u003eAnd make a lasting, heavenly vision there.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo the bright gates no more on us shall close;\u003cbr\u003eNo more the cloud of angels fade away;\u003cbr\u003eAnd we shall walk, amid life's weary strife,\u003cbr\u003eIn the calm light of thine eternal day.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Lost Leaf Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47083932221680,"sku":"2940148131922","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148131922_p0.jpg?v=1763697433","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148131922","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}