55. Melchizedek
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"Without father, without mother, without
descent; having
neither beginning of days, nor end of life." |
THRICE bless'd are they, who feel their loneliness; |
| To whom nor voice of friends nor pleasant
scene |
Brings aught on which the sadden'd heart
can
lean; |
| Yea, the rich earth, garb'd in her daintiest dress |
| Of light and joy, doth but the more oppress, |
| Claiming responsive smiles and rapture
high; |
| Till, sick at heart, beyond the veil they
fly, |
| Seeking His Presence, who alone can bless. |
Such, in strange days, the weapons of Heaven's
grace; |
| When, passing o'er the high-born Hebrew line, |
| He moulds the vessel of His vast design; |
| Fatherless, homeless, reft of age and place, |
| Sever'd from earth, and careless of its wreck, |
| Born through long woe His rare Melchizedek. |
Corfu.
January 5, 1833. |