From the Latin by John Mason Neale “Urit me Patriæ decor.” IT kindles all my soul, My country’s loveliness! Those starry choirs That watch around the pole, And the moon’s tender light, and heavenly fires Through golden halls that roll. O chorus of the night! O planets, sworn The music of the spheres To follow! Lovely watchers, that think scorn To rest till day appears! Me, for celestial homes of glory born, Why here, O, why so long, Do ye behold an exile from on high? Here, O ye shining throng, With lilies spread the mound where I shall lie: Here let me drop my chain, And dust to dust returning, cast away The trammels that remain; The rest of me shall spring to endless day!
Collection:
1615
Sub Title:
VII. Death: Immortality: Heaven