) / / Artec/' /SLJ. ^&s^^M&jm !*H?& /. CHILD'S DREAM O you know whom I saw last night, When sleeping in my bed, mamma'? A shining creature all in white, She seem'd a heavenly maid, mamma. I saw her tripping o'er the dew, Fair as the queen of May,mamma, Bgmmmmmmtmi *L*i 9 THE CHILD'S DHEAM. She look'd, she smil'd, and to me flew, And bade me come away, mamma. She gently drew my curtains wide, And whisper'd sweetly mild, mamma, While graceful kneeling at my side, That I should be her child, mamma. And then she beckon'd me on high, In purest joys to dwell, mamma, Where, in bright mansions of the sky, Are joys no tongue can tell, mamma. I look'd, I lov'd, I blush'd awhile, ! how could I say no, mamma ; She spoke so sweet, so sweet did smile, 1 was oblig'd to go, mamma. For love my infant heart beguil'd, I hail'd the rapt'rous theme,mamma, My infant fancy turn'd as wild, As you may think my dream, mamma. Methought Ave wander'd in a grove, And then thro' pleasant fields, mamma, In joyful converse we did move, As music rapture yields, mamma. And as the beauteous flow'rs we pressed And as their odours flew, mamma, A fervent wish rose in my breast, To share those sweets with you, mamma. I was, I was, I know not hoAV, O ! had you been with me, mamma, Such wonders open'd to my view, As none but angels see, mamma She took me in her snow-white hand, •And led me through the air, mamma, We soon lost sight of sea and land, And rang'd I know not where, mamma. Yet to the verdant fields of earth, I cast a look of care,mamma, To think that you who gave me birth, And allmy friends were there, mamma The heavenly maid my sorrow saw, And sweetly chas'dall gloom mamma, Me to her breast did gently draw And whisper'd you should come, mamma. Swift as our thoughts in youthful day We glanc'd beyond the spheres, mamma, 1 here music sounding by the way, Heaven rush'd upon our ears,mamma. Far through the realms of boundless space We pass'd in rapid flight, mamma ; I saw the angels anxious gaze, And hail us with delight, mamma. Sun, moon, and stars we knew before, Were lost unto our view, mamma, The former things were now no more, But all things now were new, mamma For we had gain'd the arch of heaven, Where glory full appears, mamma, And saw the source whence motion given Impels the distant spheres, mamma. And music's most seraphic tone S welPd in angelic strains, mamma, \ J 6 THE CHILD'S DREAM. wf a PP roach ' d the radiant throne Where God supremely reigns,mamma. One universal blaze of light, Shone thro' the wide expanse, mamma, And not one shade of cheerless night Could cloud the raptur'd sense, mamma. The pearly gates were open'd wide, Soon as we knocked there,mamma~ ■out oh! but oh! on every side, What heavenly glories were' mamma. The happy spirits flocked around To welcome me above, mamma, And loud the golden harps did sound, In praise of Him they love, mamma. I heard a heavenly hymning host, A holy happy train, mamma, Fraise Him whose form in glory lost Is by reflection seen, mamma. They clad me in a shining vest, And crown'd my head with light, mam ma, THE CHILD'S DREAM. Clasp'd round my shoulders and my breast. The robe of glory bright, mamma. As o'er the heavenly plains we pass'd, Our heavenly joy increas'd, mamma, I wish'd! I wish'd ! it long might last, So charming was the feast, mamma. No age can tip the head with snow, Nor numbness seize the limbs, mamma But vigour doth more vig'rous grow As each up Zion climbs, mamma. No sickness, death, nor sorrow there, To damp their heavenly bliss, mamma These fruits of sin with sorrow are, Deep buried in the abyss, mamma. The rushing tears which do arise When we are sick, you know,mamma t Are wip'd by Jesus from all eyes, Such love he then doth show,mamma. All who his precepts shall obey, And virtue's paths do tread, mamma* 1« 8 THE CHILD'S DREAM. Shall rise to realms of endless day, And children be of God, mamma. With wintry storms the ground ne'er pines, The fields are ever green, mamma For there the sun of glory shines In skies the most serene mamma. I i-aw my sister Anna there, A virgin in full blow, mamma, Such things to me she did declare As only angels know, mamma. Her robes were all a flowing stream, Of silver dipp'd in light, mamma, But ah ! it wak'd me from my dream, It shone so clear and bright, mamma. Now I will walk with Anna's God, And be an angel too, mamma ; For in yon high and bright abode, They constant pleasure know, mamma. Then teach me now the happy way To gain a throne above, mamma, That I with them in endless day, May praise the God of love, mamma. Then you and I, and father dear, Will join our Anna there, mamma, In presence of the Lamb appear, And dwell for evermore, mamma. London. —Printed by J. CATNACH, 2 Sf 2, Monmouth-court) 7 Dials. Iflillli IB'Mfflll,, A MORNING HYMN. iyiY God who makes the fun to knew, His proper hour to rife, And to give light to all below, Doth Tend him round the fkies. When from the chamber of the Eaft His morning-race begins, He never tires, nor flops to reft But round the world h« flunes. So, like the fun, would I fulfil The bufinefs of the day : Begin my work betimes, and ftill March on my heav'nly way. Give me, O Lord, thy early grace, Nor let my foul complain, That the young morning of my days Has all been fpent in vain. An EVENING HYMN. ONCE more, dear Lord, a feeble child P cfumes to blefs thy facred name, iVy lilping notes thou wilt receive, Nor put my poor attempts to (hamc, 1 h Moving heart has led me on ThrV all the dangers of the day : From that perpetual fpring of love, Thou ioft perpetual love difplay. From this day's fin, I humbly era. Redemption through my Saviour's blood All other picas I gladly wave, No other way can lead to God, My holy Savi u and my, God, Come manifeft chy love to me ; And e'er my eyes be clos'd ia deep, O may I clofe the day with thee.