Show THE FUTURE UFE by WILLIAM CULLEN OW shall I 1 know thee in the sphere which keeps the disembodied spirits of the dead when all of thee that time could wither and among the dust ve w S for I 1 shall feel the sting of ceaseless cea beless i ain if there I 1 deec thy gentle presence ot a nor hear the voice I 1 ioe nor read again in thy serenest eyes the tender thought will not thine own meek heart demand me therea that heart whose throbs to me were given my name on earth was ever inthy prater and ft lit thou never utter it in heaven in meadows fanned by heaven s breathing life wind in the resplendence 0 that glorious sphere and larger movements of the unfettered mind wilt thou forget the love that 30 ned us here f the love that ched through all the past and meekly with my harsher matuie bore and deeper grew and ten berer to tha last shall it expire with life and ba no more A happier lot than mine and langei light await thee there thou hast bowed thy will in cheerful homage to the rule of right and lovest all and kenderest ren derest good tor ill foi me the sordid cares in which I 1 dwell shrink and consume my heart as heat the scroll and wrath has left its scar that fire of hell has left its frightful scar upon my soul yet though thou dearst the glory of the sky wilt thou not keep the same beloved name the same fair thoughtful brow and gentle eye lovelier in heaven s sweet climate et the thou not teach me n that calmer home the wisdom that I 1 learned so in this fhe wisdom which is love till I 1 become thy fit companion in that land of bliss |