CHRIST'S Church in heaven to-day Rejoiceth: and rejoice, Christ's Church on earth. We have our times of mourning and of mirth; Their tears are wiped away. Succour Thy children, Lord, Thy Church that in this joyless valley dwells: Peopling the air, let angel sentinels Keep o'er her watch and ward. The world, the flesh, hell's powers Wage differing war around us; aye upstart New phantom-hosts; the sabbath of the heart, O Lord, it is not ours. On earth we know no calm: Fear succeeds Hope, Grief banishes Delight; In heaven they sing, and pause not day or night, Their never-ending psalm. O happy City! Life Is there but one long day of jubilee! O happy citizens, for ever free From turmoil and from strife! They wax not old, nor faint: They fear no treachery, flee before no foe; Gladness alone doth in each bosom glow; One joy fills every saint. The blest one whom we sing This day, now into Paradise received, Beholds His Face in Whom he has believed; He sees, unveiled, His King. May we too find a place Among the habitations of the just This hour of anguish over; as our trust, O Lord, is in Thy grace. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE GREAT CAROUSAL by LOUIS UNTERMEYER EPITAPH: IN OBITUM M.S. XO MAIJ, 1614 by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) CREDO by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY CLORINDA AND DAMON by ANDREW MARVELL SHAMEFUL DEATH by WILLIAM MORRIS (1834-1896) THE PASQUE FLOWER by STELLA PFEIFFER BAISCH |