Son-Days

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Bright shadows of true Rest! some shoots of bliss,

              Heaven once a week;

The next world's gladness prepossest in this;

              A day to seek;

Eternity in time; the steps by which

We Climb above all ages; Lamps that light

Man through his heap of dark days; and the rich,

And full redemption of the whole week's flight.

                   2

The Pulleys unto headlong man; time's bower;

                   The narrow way;

Transplanted Paradise; God's walking hour;

                   The Cool o'th' day;

The Creatures'

Jubilee

; God's parle with dust;

Heaven here; Man on the hills of Myrrh, and flowers;

Angels descending; the Returns of Trust;

A Gleam of glory, after six-days'-showers.

                   3

The Church's love-feasts; Time's Prerogative,

                    And Interest

Deducted from the whole; The Combs, and hive,

                    And home of rest.

The milky way chalked out with suns; a clue

That guides through erring hours; and in full story

A taste of Heav'n on earth; the pledge, and cue

Of a full feast: And the Out Courts of glory.