On the Last Judgment, and Happiness of the Saints in Heaven

In that blest Day, from ev'ry Part the Just, Rais'd from the liquid Deep, or mould'ring Dust, The various Products of Time's fruitful Womb, All of past Ages, present, and to come, In full Assembly shall at once resort, And meet within high Heaven's capacious Court: There famous Names rever'd in Days of old, Our great Forefathers there we shall behold, From whom old Stocks and Ancestry began, And worthily in long Succession ran; The Reverend Sires with Pleasure shall we greet, Attentive hear, while faithful they repeat Full many a virtuous Deed, and many a noble Feat. There, all those tender Ties, which here below, Or Kindred, or more sacred Friendship know, Firm, constant, and unchangeable shall grow. Refin'd from Passion, and the Dregs of Sense, A better, truer, dearer Love from thence, Its everlasting Being shall commence; There, like their Days, their Joys shall ne'er be done, No Night shall rise, to shade Heav'ns glorious Son, But one Eternal Holy Day go on.