DESCEND, descend, O Sabbath Princess, With rays of Shechinah in your eyes, Descend and bring us peaceful tidings, From yonder gently dreaming skies! Behold, in darkness, and in sadness We wander here, we climb, we grope, Descend and give us Faith and Gladness, Descend and give us Light and Hope! Descend, descend, O Sabbath Princess, For we are weary here and blind, Descend and lighten all the burdens Of dreary souls and faithless mind. The paths of life are rough and thorny, Our feet are bleeding, bleeding sore, Descend and bring us Heaven's promise, And Sabbath peace for evermore. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ODE TO ETHIOPIA by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE STARLIGHT NIGHT by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS THE CROPPY BOY: (A BALLAD OF '98) by WILLIAM B. MCBURNEY SUNDAY UP THE RIVER: 15 by JAMES THOMSON (1834-1882) MELHILL FEAST by WILLIAM BARNES THE THRESHER TO THE WINDS by JOACHIM DU BELLAY |