Thomas Cogswell Upham Poems

Although affliction smites my heart,
And earthly pleasures flee,
There is one bliss that ne'er shall part,
My joy, oh God, in Thee.
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When fearless seamen spread the journeying sail,
And bear away beneath the welcome gale,
To brave, o'er ocean's waste, with hardy form,
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Man's spirit hath an upward look,
And robes itself with heavenly wings;
E'en when 'tis here compelled to brook
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From our lovely retreat, when forever we part,
Where smile answered smile, and where heart beat to heart;
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He makes the deaf to hear, the blind to see,
Restores the faint, and doth the bleeding bind,
But shows himself more strong in charity,
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Who is my brother? 'Tis not merely he,
Who hung upon the same loved mother's breast;
But every one, whoever he may be,
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Where is the Judgement Book, which God doth keep?
Where is the record he hath made of sin?
So that at last it shall awake from sleep,
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The soul hath power, through God's mysterious plan,
To mould anew and to assimilate
The outward incidents that wait on man,
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When on some voyage of trade in distant seas,
The gallant ship has ploughed for many years,
At last, with sails rejoicing in the breeze,
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When the last trump shall sound, all earth shall hear,
The sea's wide tumbling waves be fixed with dread,
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