Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?

Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?

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.

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!

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.

It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of the needle than for a rich man to read more

It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of the needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God.

Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.

Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.

Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.

Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.

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.

To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.

To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.