Heaven has a road, but no one travels it; Hell has no gate but men will dig to get there.

Heaven has a road, but no one travels it; Hell has no gate but men will dig to get there.

Humility like darkness reveals the heavenly lights.

Humility like darkness reveals the heavenly lights.

While resignation gently slopes the way;
And, all his prospects brightening to the last,
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While resignation gently slopes the way;
And, all his prospects brightening to the last,
His heaven commences ere the world be past.

Now he [Nebridius] lives in Abraham's bosom.
[Lat., Nunc ille vivit in sinu Abraham.]

Now he [Nebridius] lives in Abraham's bosom.
[Lat., Nunc ille vivit in sinu Abraham.]

Nor can his blessed soul look down from heaven,
Or break the eternal sabbath of his rest.

Nor can his blessed soul look down from heaven,
Or break the eternal sabbath of his rest.

Eye hath not seen it, my gentle boy!
Ear hath not heard its deep songs of joy;
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Eye hath not seen it, my gentle boy!
Ear hath not heard its deep songs of joy;
Dreams cannot picture a world so fair--
Sorrow and death may not enter there;
Time doth not breathe on its fadeless bloom,
For beyond the clouds, and beyond the tomb,
It is there, it is there, my child!

Fish say, they have their Stream and Pond;
But is there anything Beyond?

Fish say, they have their Stream and Pond;
But is there anything Beyond?

There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at
rest.

There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at
rest.

In hope to merit Heaven by making earth a Hell.

In hope to merit Heaven by making earth a Hell.