Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and
rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth
nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor
steal:
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
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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!
Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than read more
Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.
They had finished her own crown in glory, and she couldn't stay
away from the coronation.
They had finished her own crown in glory, and she couldn't stay
away from the coronation.
Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.
Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.
In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.
In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.
To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.
To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.
God keeps a niche
In Heaven, to hold our idols; and albeit
He brake them to our read more
God keeps a niche
In Heaven, to hold our idols; and albeit
He brake them to our faces, and denied
That our close kisses should impair their white,--
I know we shall behold them raised, complete,
The dust swept from their beauty, glorified,
New Memnons singing in the great God-light.
While resignation gently slopes the way;
And, all his prospects brightening to the last,
His heaven commences read more
While resignation gently slopes the way;
And, all his prospects brightening to the last,
His heaven commences ere the world be past.
Humility like darkness reveals the heavenly lights.
Humility like darkness reveals the heavenly lights.
