Here in the body pent, Absent from Him I roam, Yet nightly … - James Montgomery

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Here in the body pent,
Absent from Him I roam,
Yet nightly pitch my moving tent
A day's march nearer home.

James Montgomery

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James Montgomery (November 4, 1771 – April 30, 1854) was a Scottish editor and poet.

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Alternative Names: Paul Positive • James Montgomery (editor) • Gabriel Silvertongue • Gabriel Silvertongue, Gent

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The nursery of brooding Pelicans,
The dormitory of their dead, had vanish'd,
And all the minor spots of rock and verdure,
The abodes of happy millions, were no more.

Nor sink those stars in empty night:
They hide themselves in heaven's own light.

Gashed with honourable scars,
Low in Glory's lap they lie;
Though they fell, they fell like stars,
Streaming splendour through the sky.

Here in the body pent, Absent from Him I roam, Yet nightly pitch my moving tent A day's march nearer home. - James Montgomery

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