Dramatic Monologues (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 Excerpt: ... pure and lowly, whose gates flashed Ineffable glory when Christ flung them wide; The temple where man comes to his full stature, Sees the whole world once more as God beholds it, Shorn of the shadows sin hath sown and nourished, The evil and the good in sweet concurrence, The universe His voice of melody: Which neither eye hath seen or ear hath heard As they shall see and hear when God hath wiped All tears away and sorrows, yet looketh on E'en now afar, as also Dives looked, O'er the surrounding flame of his desires, On Lazarus in Abraham's soft bosom: Before whose threshold ancient memory, The cherubim which faceth still the East, Hath fixed a shining sword to hold the way, --A sword no man may change or set aside, Which pointeth ever to the Tree of Life, Till all be gathered in the Truth thereunder: This is the anthem Wisdom cries aloud To these dark later days, when the whole world Seems to draw near His mighty consummation, So strange and full of signs unroll the years, The thousand almost over since He came: Hark to the voice of Love from His own Church; Et ubi corpus est, --where Truth is found, Which is the worthier body of things seen, IUic congregabuntur aquilce, --There flock the souls who mount on eagles' wings, And stretch to take His kingdom now by storm, Where all in Christ shall be one man, where none Shall marry more, be given more in marriage; Whither the ransomed shall return with songs And everlasting joy upon their heads, And see the excellency of the Lord, Et Deus omnia in omnibus. Amen. My glad and wholesome service to you, friend; Honoured by me, esteemed no less by all Hale German hearts, astir with the new message; Much joy it gave me thus to hear from you Such welcome tidings of the cause, and how, Despite the ceaseless malice of Chr...