On Greenough's Group of the Child and Angel

WHITHER , tell me, dost thou go? Angel .
" Come up hither! I will show thee;
Follow me, and thou shalt know:
Leave the dark, sad earth below thee. " C HILD .

Stop! my eyes cannot sustain
Such a wondrous flood of light. Angel .
" Come up hither; thou shalt gain,
As thou risest, stronger sight. " C HILD .

Lost in wonder without end,
Joyful, fearful, longing, shrinking —
Lead me, O thou heavenly friend;
Keep a trembling child from sinking.

O, I cannot bear this glory:
Angel brother, how canst thou? Angel .
" I will tell thee all my story:
I was once what thou art now. " C HILD .

When some sorrow did befall me,
Or I felt some strange alarms,
Then my mother's voice would call me
To the shelter of her arms.

Now what bids my heart rejoice?
Clasped in arms I cannot see:
Hark! I hear a gentle voice
Softly whisper, " Come to me! " Angel .

" Yes, it calls thee from above:
Come to God's most holy mountain!
Thou hast drank the stream of love;
I will bring thee to the fountain. "
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