@3Praise Him, Al-Haiy! the "Ever-living" King, Who to eternal life His own doth bring@1. Saith the Book: "Count not as dead Such as for the Faith have bled; Stark and red their bodies lie, But their souls are in the sky, Resident with God, who grants All for which the spirit pants. Joyful are they, resting there Free from sorrow, pain, or fear; Watching us who, left in life, Are not quit, as yet, of strife; But shall soon attain, to share Allah's mercies, and declare— Side by side with those—that He Showeth grace eternally, And withholdeth not the pay At the ending of the day. @3Ya-Haiy! Thou ever-living Lord, Be ours such work and such reward@1. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: TENNESSEE CLAFLIN SHOPE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS NOEL: CHRISTMAS EVE, 1913 by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES TRULY GREAT by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES ON THE EPHEMERALNESS OF BEAUTY by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS SEASONS by ASCLEPIADES OF SAMOS THE VISIONS OF BELLAY by JOACHIM DU BELLAY |