Rev. iii. I--6. "WRITE to Sardis," saith the Lord, "And write what he declares, He whose Spirit, and whose word, Upholds the seven stars:-- All thy works and ways I search, Find thy zeal and love decayed; Thou art called a living church, But thou art cold and dead. "Watch, remember, seek, and strive, Exert thy former pains; Let thy timely care revive, And strengthen what remains; Cleanse thine heart, thy works amend, Former times to mind recall, Lest my sudden stroke descend, And smite thee once for all. "Yet I number now in thee A few that are upright; These my Father's face shall see, And walk with me in white. When in judgment I appear, They for mine shall be confessed; Let my faithful servants hear,-- And woe be to the rest!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WERE I BUT HIS OWN WIFE by ELLEN MARY PATRICK DOWNING EPITAPH ON A JACOBITE by THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY BEN JONSON ENTERTAINS A MAN FROM STRATFORD by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON SPORTSMEN IN PARADISE by T. P. CAMERON WILSON THE ROSE'S MESSAGE by MARY WINCHESTER ABBOTT INVOCATION TO SLEEP by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH |