Introductory material
Reading edition
“Grant me, O God, a high soft star to be
Calm, still, and bright, to trace my way in heaven,
And shed my light o’er life’s tempestuous sea,
While human hearts, like fragile barks are driven
‘Mid rocks and hidden shoals. A soul ‘mid glorious souls—
A small, pure star within the glittering band That high above the clouds, undimmed and grand,
In placid beauty rolls,
To herald on the weary to the land Where all is rest and peace; to guide the way
To Heaven’s unclouded day!”
S. C. E. M.
HESPER, THE HOME-SPIRIT.
