I. ALMIGHTY God! when round thy shrine The palm-tree's heavenly branch we twine, (Emblem of life's eternal ray, And love that "fadeth not away"): -- We bless the flowers, expanded all, We bless the leaves that never fall, And trembling say, -- "In Eden thus The Tree of Life may flower for us!" II. When round thy cherubs, smiling calm Without their flames, we wreathe the palm, O God! we feel the emblem true, -- Thy mercy is eternal too! Those cherubs, with their smiling eyes, That crown of palm which never dies, Are but the types of Thee, above, -- Eternal Life and Peace and Love! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...REPULSE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON ON A CARRIER WHO DIED OF DRUNKENNESS by GEORGE GORDON BYRON THE MORNING-GLORY by MARIA WHITE LOWELL AFTER DEATH by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI EARTH TRIUMPHANT by CONRAD AIKEN RELEASE by GLADYS NAOMI ARNOLD |