In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.

In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.

Where billows never break, not tempests roar.

Where billows never break, not tempests roar.

Where tempests never beat nor billows roar.

Where tempests never beat nor billows roar.

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

And so upon this wise I prayed,--
Great Spirit, give to me
A heaven not so large read more

And so upon this wise I prayed,--
Great Spirit, give to me
A heaven not so large as yours
But large enough for me.

While resignation gently slopes the way;
And, all his prospects brightening to the last,
His heaven commences read more

While resignation gently slopes the way;
And, all his prospects brightening to the last,
His heaven commences ere the world be past.

Humility like darkness reveals the heavenly lights.

Humility like darkness reveals the heavenly lights.

Fish say, they have their Stream and Pond;
But is there anything Beyond?

Fish say, they have their Stream and Pond;
But is there anything Beyond?

Eye hath not seen it, my gentle boy!
Ear hath not heard its deep songs of joy;
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Eye hath not seen it, my gentle boy!
Ear hath not heard its deep songs of joy;
Dreams cannot picture a world so fair--
Sorrow and death may not enter there;
Time doth not breathe on its fadeless bloom,
For beyond the clouds, and beyond the tomb,
It is there, it is there, my child!