Poems (Edwards)/Thoughts on Immortality

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THOUGHTS ON IMMORTALITY.
O! if we had no hopes beyond
 The confines of the grave,
If all our dreams of future life,
 Died with time's parting wave;
How desolate this world would be,
 How joyless would we stand,
Shut out from faith and hope and love,
 In this cold tearful land.

Thrice blessed thought! we have a hope
 Beyond the bounds of death,
Beyond the darkening clouds of earth,
 "Where life is not a breath;"
A hope that, when our toils are done,
 And life's dull cares are o'er,
We shall sit down at God's right hand,
 In bliss for evermore.

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Then let us bear without a sigh,
 The gathering ills that rise,
God hears us in our deep distress,
 He counts our tears and sighs;
He bids our troubled hearts be still,
 He bids our sorrows flee;
Come, Lord! and cheer our drooping hearts,
 We wait, we wait for thee.

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