William Baxter Let Me Go (1847)

 

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L A D I E S '   R E P O S I T O R Y .
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L E T   M E   G O .
BY WILLIAM BAXTER.
LET me go; my soul is weary
    Of the chain which binds it here;
Let my spirit bend its pinion,
    To a brighter, holier sphere.
Earth,'tis true, hath friends who bless me
    With their fond and faithful love;
Butt the hands of angels beckon
    Me to brighter climes above.

Let me go; for earth hath sorrow,
    Sin, and pain, and bitter tears;
All its paths are dark and dreary--
    All its hopes are fraught with fears;
Short-liv'd are its brightest flowers;
    Soon its cherished joys decay.
Let me go; I fain would leave it
    For the realms of cloudless day.

Let me go; my heart hath tasted
    Of my Savior's wondrous grace;
Let me go, where I shall ever
    See, and know him, face to face;
Let me go; the trees of heaven
    Rise before me, waving bright,
And the distant crystal waters
    Flash upon my failing sight.

Let me go; for songs seraphic
    Now seem calling from the sky;
'Tis the welcome of the angels,
    Which e'en now are hov'ring nigh;
Let me go; they wait to bear me
    To the mansions of the blest,
Where the spirit, worn and weary,
    Finds at last its long-sought rest.

 

[The Ladies' Repository 7 (July 1847): 224.]

ABOUT THE ELECTRONIC EDITION

      William Baxter's "Let Me Go" was first published in The Ladies' Repository, and Gatherings of the West: A Monthly Periodical Devoted to Literature and Religion, Vol. 7, No. 7, July 1847, p. 224. This volume, edited by B. F. Tefft, was published in Cincinnati by L. Swormstedt and J. T. Mitchell and in New York by G. Lane and C. B. Tippett for the Methodist Episcopal Church.

      Addenda and corrigenda are earnestly solicited.

Ernie Stefanik
Derry, PA

Created 10 April 2000.
Updated 28 June 2003.

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