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Where billows never break, not tempests roar.
Where billows never break, not tempests roar.
I confess that I love him, I rejoice that I love him, I thank the maker of Heaven and Earth read more
I confess that I love him, I rejoice that I love him, I thank the maker of Heaven and Earth that gave him to me. The exultation floods me.
 God keeps a niche
 In Heaven, to hold our idols; and albeit
  He brake them to our read more 
 God keeps a niche
 In Heaven, to hold our idols; and albeit
  He brake them to our faces, and denied
   That our close kisses should impair their white,--
    I know we shall behold them raised, complete,
     The dust swept from their beauty, glorified,
      New Memnons singing in the great God-light. 
Since Heaven's eternal year is thine.
Since Heaven's eternal year is thine.
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?
Whenever cannibals are on the brink of starvation, Heaven, in its infinite mercy, sends them a nice plump missionary
Whenever cannibals are on the brink of starvation, Heaven, in its infinite mercy, sends them a nice plump missionary
Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.
Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.
 Just are the ways of heaven; from Heaven proceed
 The woes of man: Heaven doom'd the Greeks to bleed.  
 Just are the ways of heaven; from Heaven proceed
 The woes of man: Heaven doom'd the Greeks to bleed. 
Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.