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All worldly shapes shall melt in gloom	A
The Sun himself must die	B
Before this mortal shall assume	A
Its Immortality	C
I saw a vision in my sleep	D
That gave my spirit strength to sweep	D
Adown the gulf of Time	E
I saw the last of human mould	F
That shall Creation's death behold	F
As Adam saw her prime	E
	-
The Sun's eye had a sickly glare	G
The Earth with age was wan	H
The skeletons of nations were	I
Around that lonely man	J
Some had expired in fight the brands	K
Still rested in their bony hands	K
In plague and famine some	L
Earth's cities had no sound nor tread	M
And ships were drifting with the dead	M
To shores where all was dumb	L
	-
Yet prophet like that lone one stood	N
With dauntless words and high	B
That shook the sere leaves from the wood	N
As if a storm passed by	B
Saying We are twins in death proud Sun	O
Thy face is cold thy race is run	O
'Tis Mercy bids thee go	P
For thou ten thousand thousand years	Q
Hast seen the tide of human tears	R
That shall no longer flow	P
	-
What though beneath thee man put forth	S
His pomp his pride his skill	T
And arts that made fire floods and earth	U
The vassals of his will	T
Yet mourn not I thy parted sway	V
Thou dim discrowned king of day	V
For all those trophied arts	W
And triumphs that beneath thee sprang	X
Healed not a passion or a pang	X
Entailed on human hearts	W
	-
Go let oblivion's curtain fall	Y
Upon the stage of men	Z
Nor with thy rising beams recall	Y
Life's tragedy again	Z
Its piteous pageants bring not back	A2
Nor waken flesh upon the rack	A2
Of pain anew to writhe	B2
Stretched in disease's shapes abhorred	C2
Or mown in battle by the sword	C2
Like grass beneath the scythe	B2
	-
Ee'n I am weary in yon skies	D2
To watch thy fading fire	I
Test of all sumless agonies	E2
Behold not me expire	F2
My lips that speak thy dirge of death	G2
Their rounded gasp and gurgling breath	G2
To see thou shalt not boast	H2
The eclipse of Nature spreads my pall	I2
The majesty of Darkness shall	J2
Receive my parting ghost	H2
	-
This spirit shall return to Him	K2
That gave its heavenly spark	L2
Yet think not Sun it shall be dim	K2
When thou thyself art dark	L2
No it shall live again and shine	M2
In bliss unknown to beams of thine	M2
By Him recalled to breath	G2
Who captive led captivity	C
Who robbed the grave of Victory	C
And took the sting from Death	G2
	-
Go Sun while Mercy holds me up	N2
On Nature's awful waste	O2
To drink this last and bitter cup	N2
Of grief that man shall taste	O2
Go tell the night that hides thy face	P2
Thou saw'st the last of Adam's race	P2
On Earth's sepulchral clod	O2
The darkening universe defy	B
To quench his Immortality	O2
Or shake his trust in God	O2

Thomas Campbell

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