CHRIST'S Church in heaven to-day Rejoiceth: and rejoice, Christ's Church on earth. We have our times of mourning and of mirth; Their tears are wiped away. Succour Thy children, Lord, Thy Church that in this joyless valley dwells: Peopling the air, let angel sentinels Keep o'er her watch and ward. The world, the flesh, hell's powers Wage differing war around us; aye upstart New phantom-hosts; the sabbath of the heart, O Lord, it is not ours. On earth we know no calm: Fear succeeds Hope, Grief banishes Delight; In heaven they sing, and pause not day or night, Their never-ending psalm. O happy City! Life Is there but one long day of jubilee! O happy citizens, for ever free From turmoil and from strife! They wax not old, nor faint: They fear no treachery, flee before no foe; Gladness alone doth in each bosom glow; One joy fills every saint. The blest one whom we sing This day, now into Paradise received, Beholds His Face in Whom he has believed; He sees, unveiled, His King. May we too find a place Among the habitations of the just This hour of anguish over; as our trust, O Lord, is in Thy grace. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A BIRTHDAY by LOUIS UNTERMEYER PROVINCIA DESERTA by EZRA POUND THE FALL OF JERUSALEM by ALFRED TENNYSON BALLADE OF THE FOREST HAUNTERS by THEODORE FAULLAIN DE BANVILLE LILIES: 4. BLOSSOMS ABOVE A TOMB by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) PSALM 81 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE |