The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers (1899)
Sachse, Julius Friedrich, 1842-1919 · Philadelphia : Printed for the author · leaf 562
tas deep gloom you fix your seatAnd seek RELIGION in the dark retreat;In sable weeds you dress the heavn-born maid,And place Her pensive in the lonely shade ;Recluse, unsocial, you your hours employ.And fearful, banish every harmless joy. Each may admire and use their favorite form.If heavns own… … Ephrata so Meek, so Lozv. Tis true devotion . . . and the Lord of love, Such prayrs and praises kindly will approve, Whether from golden altars they arise. And wrapt in sound and incense reach the skies ; Or from your Ephrata, so meek, so low, In soft and silent aspirations flow. Oh ! let the…
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