. . . . . . . . . . . . . Death!
What art thou, O thou great mysterious terror!
The way to thee we know; diseases, famine,
Fire, sword, and all thy ever-open gates,
Which day and night, stand ready to receive us;
But what's beyond them?--Who shall draw that veil?
[HUGHES'S _Siege of Damascus_.]
ANSWER, by the late Rev. S. BISHOP, M. A.
_Beyond?_ and, _Who shall draw that veil?_--The man
Whom Christian Spirit hath ennobled can:
He from th' abyss beyond, the veil shall tear,
For 'tis his triumph, that DEATH is not there!
That there is all sublime devotion's scope;
All rest from sorrow; all expanse of hope;
There perfect souls, the path he treads, who trod;
There Immortality! there Heaven! there GOD!