Sonnet

Millennial Harp (1843), Part II, printed p. 26 (PDF 102). Two staves (treble with the words, bass);
D major, 3/4. The first strain is repeated: the two interlinear lines printed under the first two
systems and joined by a brace are lines 1–2 and lines 3–4 of the first stanza.

When for eternal worlds we steer:
And seas are calm, and skies are clear,
And faith in lively exercise,
And distant hills of Canaan rise.
My soul for joy she claps her wings,
And loud her lovely sonnet sings,
Vain world adieu, vain world adieu;
And loud her lovely sonnet sings,
Vain world adieu.

With cheerful hopes her eyes explore
Each landmark on the distant shore,
The trees of Life, the pastures green,
The golden streets, the crystal stream;
Again for joy she claps her wings, &c.

When nearer still she draws to land,
More eager all her powers expand,
With steady helm and free bent sail,
Her anchor drops within the vail.
Again for joy she claps her wings,
And her celestial sonnet sings,
On Canaan's shore, &c.