God's child in Christ adopted, -- Christ my all, -- What that earth boasts were not lost cheaply, rather Than forfeit that blest name, by which I call The Holy One, the Almighty God, my Father? -- Father! in Christ we live, and Christ in Thee -- Eternal Thou, and everlasting we. The heir of heaven, henceforth I fear not death: In Christ I live! in Christ I draw the breath Of the true life! -- Let then earth, sea, and sky Make war against me! On my front I show Their mighty master's seal. In vain they try To end my life, that can but end its woe. -- Is that a death-bed where a Christian lies? -- Yes! but not his -- 'tis Death itself there dies. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WHICH WAS MOST TRULY DEAD? by CHARLES AUGUSTIN SAINTE-BEUVE HEART AND MIND by EDITH SITWELL GOOD NIGHT by HESTER A. BENEDICT THE FIRST BUD O' THE YEAR by CHARLES GRANGER BLANDEN SONG by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON VERSES: IN PRAISE OF SACRED POESY by JOHN BYROM BALLAD TO THE TUNE - 'THAT WE MAY ROW WITH MY P. OVER YE FERRY' by PATRICK CAREY |