A rock for ages stern and high,Stood frowning 'gainst the earth and sky;And never bowed his haughty crest,When angry storms around him prest.Morn springing from the arms of night,Had often bathed his brow with light;And kissed the shadows from his…
"In heaven, the angels are advancing continually to the spring-time of their youth, so that the oldest angel appears the youngest." --
Swedenborg.Not for them the length-ning shadows,
Falling coldly 'round our lives;
Nearer, nearer, through the…