Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ASCENSION (1), by JOSEPH BEAUMONT First Line: The time is come / for times great lord to think Last Line: And their ascension thus supply. Subject(s): Ascension Day; Happiness; Heaven; Home; Jesus Christ - Legends; Joy; Delight; Paradise | ||||||||
THE time is come For Times Great Lord to think of Home: A Home: but not to Him alone, Who goes to find a Mansion For Us, who be As well as he Pilgrims in this wild World of Miserie. He goes before To ope the everlasting doore: Come Cherubim, Resigne, saith He Your flaming Sword & Custodie, That Adam may Againe to Day Find into Paradise his open way. For I must now Keep open House for all below, Who will accept my invitation, And come to this great Preparation: My Servants all Shall goe & call All Tribes & Nations to this Festivall. Sweet Cloud, whose back A Chariot soft & cool did make For our Great Ascendant, wee This Privelege doe envy Thee. Were not ye Wings Of Angells, Things More fit to carry home the King of Kings? Yet seing He Is so well content with Thee, Wee, Things as sleight & vaine as Thou, Will take Us pious Courage now; Our Hearts shall raise A Cloud of Praise Upon ye soft Wings of our sweetest Layes. Thus as We may Will We attend Him in His way; And as He goes our Song shall move In a tune as high as Love Can reach; as high As We can flie By stretching up our thankful Fervencie. Halalujah: Hark how ye joy full Heavns rebound The Triumph of this welcome sound: Halalujah. For they To Day Shall repossessed be Of what makes Heavn, Joyes Treasurie. Halalujah. Ne'r did Triumphant Conquerour wear Spoiles so rich & vast as here: Halalujah: For see How Hee His Banner stained hath With ye Heart-blood of Hell & Death. Halalujah: Great Lord of Life & Death, too meane Is this our World to lodge Thee in: Halalujah: Thy Throne Alone Now full as big must be As all ye Heavns capacitie. Halalujah. Goe then & may the Aire to Day Its sweetest Gales blow in thy way. Halalujah: And as They passe O let thy gracious Feet Print Blessings on ye Clouds they meet. Halalujah. Our long Adieu we take, but yet Not for ever take We it: Halalujah: Farewell Untill We meet againe, for We Doubt not thy bright Returne to see. Halalujah. High-mounted on a Cloud wilt Thou Returne as Thou ascendest now: Halalujah: Farewell, Yet still We must have leave to say, No Cloud shall beare Thee all away. Halalujah. Thy pretious Name & Memorie Inhabitants with Us shall be: Halalujah. Our Layes Shall raise Their Noble Praises high, And their Ascension thus supply. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE END OF LIFE by PHILIP JAMES BAILEY SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 6 by CONRAD AIKEN THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#19): 2. MORE ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND WINTER by MARVIN BELL THE WORLDS IN THIS WORLD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR A SKELETON FOR MR. PAUL IN PARADISE; AFTER ALLAN GUISINGER by NORMAN DUBIE BEAUTY & RESTRAINT by DANIEL HALPERN HOW IT WILL HAPPEN, WHEN by DORIANNE LAUX IF THIS IS PARADISE by DORIANNE LAUX Γενεθλιακον by JOSEPH BEAUMONT Γενεθλιακον by JOSEPH BEAUMONT A CONCLUSORIE HUMNE TO THE SAME WEEK; & FOR MY FRIEND by JOSEPH BEAUMONT |
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