COME forth, my friend, the bride to meet, Come, O my friend, the Sabbath greet. "Observe ye" and "remember" still The Sabbath—thus His holy will God in one utterance did proclaim. The Lord is One, and One His name To Him renown and praise and fame. Come forth, my friend, the bride to meet, Come, O my friend, the Sabbath greet. Greet we the Sabbath at our door, Well-spring of blessing evermore With everlasting gladness fraught, Of old ordained, divinely taught, Last in creation, first in thought. Come forth, my friend, the bride to meet, Come, O my friend, the Sabbath greet. Arouse thyself, awake and shine, For lo! it comes, the light divine; Give forth a song and over thee The glory of the Lord shall be Revealed in beauty speedily. Come forth, my friend, the bride to meet, Come, O my friend, the Sabbath greet. Crown of thy husband come in peace. Come, bidding toil and trouble cease. With joy and cheerfulness abide Among thy people true and tried, Thy faithful people—come O bride. Come forth, my friend, the bride to meet, Come, O my friend, the Sabbath greet. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME by STEPHEN COLLINS FOSTER A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 13 by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN MARECHAL NIEL by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 64. AL-KAIYUM by EDWIN ARNOLD LILIES: 25. THY LOVE-SERVICE by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) THE MARVELOUS MUNCHAUSEN by WILLIAM ROSE BENET WRESTLING by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON THE LOVE SONNETS OF PROTEUS: 113, TO ONE WITH HIS SONNETS by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT |