The cross stands firm; no blast of time, No hurricane of earth's rude clime, Can shake its heavenly steadfastness, Or lessen its high power to bless. I look and live! The tidings from that tree of love Are still God's message from above, Telling, each hour, of cleansing blood, And pointing to the upward road. I hear and live! Still does the Christ His grace reveal, His well of living joy unseal; Still telling of His love and light, His meekness, majesty, and might. I come and live! Still waves life's tree its glorious wealth, Laden with everlasting health; With fruit and leaf divinely fair, And immortality still there. I eat and live! Still from the rock the waters burst To quench the weary spirit's thirst; Who drinketh once will drink again, Who drinketh shall not drink in vain. I drink and live! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HYBRIDS OF WAR: A MORALITY POEM: 2. CAMBODIA by KAREN SWENSON IMAGINATION, FR. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE THE WATER WHEEL by ABU ABD ALLAH SOURCE by KENNETH SLADE ALLING LINES WRITTEN IN SWITZERLAND by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES CHORIAMBICS: 2 by RUPERT BROOKE THE BRIDEGROOM TO HIS BRIDE by MARY ANN BROWNE ON A CHANGE OF MASTERS AT A GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOL by GEORGE GORDON BYRON |