Second Voice

“Rejoice, rejoice, fond mother,
Thou hast given birth,
To this immortal being,
To this sweet child of earth!

“The pearl within the ocean,
The gold within the mine,
Have not a thousandth part the worth
Of this fair child of thine!

“Oh fond and anxious mother,
Look up with joyful eyes,
For a boundless wealth of love and power
In that young spirit lies!

“Love to enfold all natures
In one benign embrace;
Power to diffuse a blessing wide
O’er all the human race!

“Bless God both night and morning;
Be thine a joyful heart;
For the child of mortal parents hath
With the Eternal part.

“The stars shall dim their brightness;
And as a parched scroll
The earth shall fade, but ne’er shall fade
The undying human soul!

“Oh then rejoice fond mother,
That thou hast given birth
To this immortal being,
To this fair child of earth?”