HALL to the brightness of Zion's glad morning; Joy to the lands that in darkness have lain; Hushed be the accents of sorrow and mourning; Zion in triumph begins her mild reign! Hail to the brightness of Zion's glad morning, Long by the prophets of Israel foretold; Hail to the millions from bondage returning; Gentiles and Jews the blest vision behold! Lo, in the desert rich flowers are springing; Streams ever copious are gliding along; Loud from the mountain-tops echoes are ringing; Wastes rise in verdure, and mingle in song. See, from all lands, from the isles of the ocean, Praise to Jehovah ascending on high; Fallen are the engines of war and commotion; Shouts of salvation are rending the sky! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CROCODILE, FR. ALICE IN WONDERLAND by CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON TRANSFORMATIONS by THOMAS HARDY ASTROPHEL AND STELLA: 39 by PHILIP SIDNEY LOCKSLEY HALL by ALFRED TENNYSON THE THIRD OF FEBRUARY, 1852 by ALFRED TENNYSON TO A SNOWFLAKE by FRANCIS THOMPSON |