In Memory of a Happy Day in February
Blessed be Thou for all the joyMy soul has felt today!O let its memory stay with meAnd never pass away!I was alone, for those I lovedWere far away from me,The sun shone on the withered grass,The wind blew fresh and free.
Was it the smile of early springThat made my bosom glow?'Twas sweet, but neither sun nor windCould raise my spirit so.
Was it some feeling of delight,All vague and undefined?No, 'twas a rapture deep and strong,Expanding in the mind!
Was it a sanguine view of lifeAnd all its transient bliss-A hope of bright prosperity?O no, it was not this!
It was a glimpse of truth divineUnto my spirit givenIllumined by a ray of lightThat shone direct from heaven!
I felt there was a God on highBy whom all things were made.I saw His wisdom and his powerIn all his works displayed.
But most throughout the moral worldI saw his glory shine;I saw His wisdom infinite,His mercy all divine.
Deep secrets of his providenceIn darkness long concealedWere brought to my delighted eyesAnd graciously revealed.
But while I wondered and adoredHis wisdom so divine,I did not tremble at his power,I felt that God was mine.
I knew that my Redeemer lived,I did not fear to die;Full sure that I should rise againTo immortality.
I longed to view that bliss divineWhich eye hath never seen,To see the glories of his faceWithout the veil between.
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