OUR God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home, -- Under the shadow of thy throne Thy saints have dwelt secure; Sufficient is thine arm alone, And our defence is sure. Before the hills in order stood, Or earth received her frame, From everlasting thou art God, To endless years the same. A thousand ages in thy sight Are like an evening gone; Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. Time like an ever-rolling stream Bears all its sons away; They fly, forgotten, as a dream Dies at the opening day. Our God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Be thou our guard while troubles last, And our eternal home. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO A WILD DUCK by BERNICE GIBBS ANDERSON PSALM 56 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE RAMBLE OF THE GODS THROUGH BIRMINGHAM, SELECTION by JAMES BISSET TO THE RIVER CHERWELL by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES THE DREAMER by MADISON JULIUS CAWEIN EASTER DAY, II by ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH SOLVITUR ACRIS HIEMS by ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH SONNET (ON QUITTING SCHOOL FOR COLLEGE) by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE |