By the Sea, and Other Verses

<h2><SPAN name="PSALM_CXXI" id="PSALM_CXXI">PSALM CXXI</SPAN></h2> <p class="title">INSCRIBED TO MY SISTER, R. S. B.</p> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Lift up thine eyes unto the hills;<br/></span> <span class="i2">A pure and fragrant breath<br/></span> <span class="i0">Is wafted from their purple tops,&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i2">The Heaven-sent breath of <i>Faith</i>.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Lift up thine eyes unto the hills;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Beyond their shadowy slope<br/></span> <span class="i0">The Sun of Righteousness doth rise<br/></span> <span class="i0">In roseate dawn of <i>Hope</i>.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Lift up thine eyes unto the hills;<br/></span> <span class="i2">Around, below, above,<br/></span> <span class="i0">The holy sky is all aglow<br/></span> <span class="i2">With the warm light of <i>Love</i>.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Lift up thine eyes unto the hills;&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i2">Faith, Hope and Love are given<br/></span> <span class="i0">To point from fading joys of earth,<br/></span> <span class="i2">To endless joy of Heaven.<br/></span></div> </div> <hr class="chap" /><p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[Pg 26]</SPAN></span></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />