347. C. M. Tate & Brady.
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Adams, John G. (John Greenleaf) and Chapin, E. H. (Edwin Hubbell)
The Same.
1Lord, who's the happy man, that may
To thy blest courts repair,
Not, stranger-like, to visit them,
But to inhabit there?
2'Tis he whose every thought and deed
By rules of virtue moves;
Whose generous tongue disdains to speak
The thing his heart disproves;
3Who never did a slander forge,
His neighbor's fame to wound;
Nor hearken to a false report,
By malice whispered round;
4Who to his plighted vows and trust
Has ever firmly stood;
And though he promise to his loss,
He makes his promise good.
5The man who by this steady course
Has happiness ensured,
When earth's foundations shake, shall stand
By Providence secured.