| William Baxter | A Dream of Heaven (1852) |
| T H E L A D I E S ' R E P O S I T O R Y . |
| J U L Y, 1 8 5 2 . |
| A D R E A M O F H E A V E N . |
| BY WILLIAM BAXTER. |
| I DREAMED the world had passed away, With all its toil and care; That I had gained a happier clime, Where all was bright and fairs-- A land where happy spirits dwelt; And, O,'twas purest bliss, To find the loved ones in that world That I had lost in this. Glad was the welcome that they gave, And I knew not the pain Of fearing that the time would come When we should part again. But, as a bird from wint'ry climes I folded soon my wing Content to rove no more, for there I found eternal spring. Bright star-like flowers forever bloomed By ever-flowing streams, Whose waters flashed most gloriously In heaven's unsetting beams. And music--O the melody Of that seraphic strain, Which struck my ear when woke the hymn Of heaven's bright harper train! A crown was on my brow, but when Uprose that song so sweet, Like those who sung, I gladly threw That crown before his feet. But 'mid the raptures of that song I woke; but O what pain! My high delights were visions all I was on earth again. Then while I live, may I, O God, Thy willing servant be-- Strive here to do thy will, and make My dream reality! |
[The Ladies' Repository 12 (July 1852): 246.]
ABOUT THE ELECTRONIC EDITION
William Baxter's "A Dream of Heaven" was first published in The Millennial Harbinger, Fourth Series, Vol. 2, No. 6, June 1852, p. 360. The poem was reprinted in The Ladies' Repository: A Monthly Periodical Devoted to Literature and Religion, Vol. 12, No. 7, July 1852, p. 246. This volume, edited by W. C. Larrabee, was published in Cincinnati by L. Swormstedt and A. Poe and in New York by T. Carlton and Z. Phillips.
Addenda and corrigenda are earnestly solicited.
Ernie Stefanik
Derry, PA
Created 16 April 2000.
Updated 28 June 2003.
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