Poems of Felicia Hemans in The Amulet, 1829/The Angel's Call
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GUARDIAN ANGELS
Painted by W. Etty R. A.Engraved by E. Finden
THE ANGELS' CALL.
BY MRS. HEMANS.
"Hark! they whisper! angels say,
Sister spirit, come away!"
Come to the land of peace!
Come where the tempest hath no longer sway,
The shadow passes from the soul away,
The sounds of weeping cease!
Fear hath no dwelling there!
Come to the mingling of repose and love,
Breathed by the silent spirit of the dove
Through the celestial air!
Come to the bright and blest,
And crowned for ever!—midst that shining band,
Gathered to heaven's own wreath from every land,
Thy spirit shall find rest!
Thou hast been long alone:
Come to thy mother!—on the Sabbath shore,
The heart that rocked thy childhood, back, once more
Shall take its wearied one.
In silence wert thou left:
Come to thy sisters!—joyously again
All the home-voices, blent in one sweet strain,
Shall greet their long-bereft!
Over thine orphan head
The storm hath swept, as o'er a willow's bough:
Come to thy father!—it is finished now;
Thy tears have all been shed.
In thy divine abode
Change finds no pathway, memory no dark trace,
And, oh! bright victory—death by love no place:
Come, Spirit, to thy God!