Bright shadows of true Rest! some shoots of bliss;

Heaven once a week;

The next world's gladness prepossest in this;

A day to seek;

Eternity in time; the steps by which

We climb above all ages; Lamps that light

Man through his heap of dark days; and the rich

And full redemption of the whole week's flight!

The pulleys [108] unto headlong man; Time's bower;

The narrow way;

Transplanted Paradise; GOD's walking hour,

The cool o' th' day:

The Creature's jubilee -- God's parle with dust;

Heaven here; [61]Man [109] on those hills of myrrh, and flowers;

Angels descending; the returns of trust;

A gleam of glory, after six-days-showers!

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Footnotes:

[107] Son-days, so spelt here, probably only for Sundays

[108] pulleys, ropes to restrain or guide

[109] See Note