the pilgrim - letitia elizabeth landon - richard mitchley lyrics
vain folly of another age,—
this wandering over earth
to find the peace by some dark sin
banish’d our household hearth
on lebanon the dark green pines
wave over sacred ground
and carmel’s consecrated rose
springs from a hallow’d mound
glorious the truth they testify
and blessed is their name;
but even in such sacred spot
are sin and woe the same
oh pilgrim! vain each toilsome step
vain every weary day;
there is no charm in soil or shrine
to wash thy guilt away
return, with prayer and tear return
to those who weep at home;
to dry their eyes will more avail
than o’er a world to roam
there’s hope for one who leaves with shame
the guilt that lured before:
remember, he who said ‘repent,’
said also, ‘sin no more.’
return, and in thy daily round
of duty and of love
thou best wilt find that patient faith
which lifts the soul above
in every innocent prayer each child
lisps at his father’s knee:—
if thine has been to teach that prayer
there will be hope for thee
there is a small white church that stands
beside thy father’s grave;
there kneel and pour those earnest prayers
that sanctify and save
around thee draw thine own home ties
and, with a chastened mind
in meek well*doing seek that peace
no wandering will find
in charity and penitence
thy sin will be forgiven;—
pilgrim, the heart is the true shrine
whence prayers ascend to heaven.”
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