O Paradise, O Paradise, Who doth not crave for rest, Who would not seek the holy land Where they that loved are blest? Where loyal hearts and true Stand ever in the light All rapture through and through, In God's most holy sight. O Paradise, O Paradise, The world is growing old; Who would not be at rest and free Where love is never cold? Where loyal hearts and true Stand ever in the light, All rapture through and through, In God's most holy sight. O Paradise, O Paradise, Wherefore doth death delay? -- Bright death, that is the welcome dawn Of our eternal day; Where loyal hearts and true Stand ever in the light, All rapture through and through, In God's most holy sight. O Paradise, O Paradise, 'T is weary waiting here; I long to be where Jesus is, To feel, to see him near; Where loyal hearts and true Stand ever in the light, All rapture through and through, In God's most holy sight. O Paradise, O Paradise, I want to sin no more, I want to be as pure on earth As on thy spotless shore; Where loyal hearts and true Stand ever in the light, All rapture through and through, In God's most holy sight. O Paradise, O Paradise, I greatly long to see The special place my dearest Lord Is destining for me; Where loyal hearts and true Stand ever in the light, All rapture through and through, In God's most holy sight. O Paradise, O Paradise, I feel 't will not be long; Patience! I almost think I hear Faint fragments of thy song; Where loyal hearts and true Stand ever in the light, All rapture through and through, In God's most holy sight. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON HEARING OF INTENTION .. TO PURCHASE THE POET'S FREEDOM by GEORGE MOSES HORTON EPISTLES ON THE CHARACTER AND CONDITION OF WOMEN: 1 by LUCY AIKEN EARLY DEATH AND FAME by MATTHEW ARNOLD SUCH STUFF AS DREAMS ARE MADE ON by BERTON BRALEY SONNET by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) AMELIA EARHART by HELEN BRYANT THE TWO TRAVELLERS by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT FRAGMENT OF AN ORATORIO FROM THE BOOK OF JOB by THOMAS CAMPBELL |