Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE VISION SPLENDID, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY


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THE VISION SPLENDID, by                    
First Line: Here - or hereafter - you shall see it ended
Last Line: Than with his life to purchase life's high gain.
Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John
Subject(s): Religion; Theology


Here -- or hereafter -- you shall see it ended,
This mighty work to which your souls are set;
If from beyond -- then, with the vision splendid,
You shall smile back and never know regret.

Be this your vision! -- through you, Life transfigured,
Uplift, redeemed from its forlorn estate,
Purged of the stains which once its soul disfigured,
Healed and restored, and wholly consecrate.

Christ's own rich blood, for healing of the nations,
Poured through His heart the message of reprieve;
God's holy martyrs built on His foundations,
Built with their lives and died that Life might live.

Now, in their train, your blood shall bring like healing;
You, like the saints, have freely given your all,
And your high deaths, God's purposes revealing,
Sound through the earth His mighty Clarion Call.

O, not in vain has been your great endeavour;
For, by your dyings, Life is born again,
And greater love hath no man tokened ever,
Than with his life to purchase Life's high gain.





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