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Where billows never break, not tempests roar.
Where billows never break, not tempests roar.
Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.
Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.
Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.
Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.
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.
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!
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.
To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.
To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.
Nor can his blessed soul look down from heaven,
Or break the eternal sabbath of his rest.
Nor can his blessed soul look down from heaven,
Or break the eternal sabbath of his rest.
