William Baxter Aspirations for Heaven (1843)

 

T H E   L A D I E S '   R E P O S I T O R Y .
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CINCINNATI, SEPTEMBER, 1843.

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O r i g i n a l .
A S P I R A T I O N S   F O R   H E A V E N .
BY WILLIAM BAXTER.
O COULD I now but flee away,
    And ease the anguish of my breast,
To bask in an eternal day,
                      And be at rest!

With joy I'd leave these courts below,
    And join the songs above the sky,
Which angels bright are singing now--
                      They never die.

There elders tune their harps of gold,
    And seraphs strike the sounding lyre;
Their ceaseless story ne'er is told--
                      They never tire.

Millions of saints surround the throne--
    Praise him to whom all praise belongs,
While swells to the chief Corner-stone
                      Triumphant songs.

There we shall part with every tear,
    Whene'er we reach that blissful shore;
For sorrow cannot enter there--
                      We'll weep no more.

We'll praise him there in loftiest song,
    Who has redeemed us by his blood
Praise shall resound from ev'ry tongue,
                      O, Son of God!

 

[The Ladies' Repository 3 (September 1843): 271.]

ABOUT THE ELECTRONIC EDITION

      William Baxter's "Aspirations for Heaven" was first published in The Ladies' Repository, and Gatherings of the West: A Monthly Periodical Devoted to Literature and Religion, Vol. 3, No. 9, September 1843, p. 271. This volume, edited by L. L. Hamline, was published in Cincinnati by J. F. Wright and L. Swormstedt for the Methodist Episcopal Church.

      Addenda and corrigenda are earnestly solicited.

Ernie Stefanik
Derry, PA

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Updated 28 June 2003.

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