Bright shadows of true Rest! some shoots of bliss;
Heaven once a week;
The next world's gladness prepossest in this;
A day to seek;
Eternity in time; the steps by which
We climb above all ages; Lamps that light
Man through his heap of dark days; and the rich
And full redemption of the whole week's flight!
The pulleys unto headlong man; Time's bower;
The narrow way;
Transplanted Paradise; GOD's walking hour,
The cool o' th' day:
The Creature's jubilee -- God's parle with dust;
Heaven here; Man on those hills of myrrh, and flowers;
Angels descending; the returns of trust;
A gleam of glory, after six-days-showers!