Bright and blest beam! whose strong projection Equal to all, Reacheth as well things of dejection As th' high and tall; How hath my God by raying thee Inlarged his spouse, And of a private family Made open house! All may be now co-heirs; no noise Of @3bond@1, or @3free@1 Can interdict us from those joys That wait on thee, The Law and Ceremonies made A glorious night, Where stars and clouds, both light and shade Had equal right; But, as in nature, when the day Breaks, night adjourns, Stars shut up shop, mists pack away, And the moon mourns; So when the Sun of righteousness Did once appear, That scene was changed, and a new dress Left for us here; Veils became useless, altars fell, Fires smoking die; And all that sacred pomp and shell Of things did fly; Then did he shine forth, whose sad fall And bitter fights Were figured in those mystical And cloudy rites; And as i' th' natural sun, these three, @3Light, motion, heat@1, So are now @3Faith, Hope, Charity@1 Through him complete; Faith spans up bliss; what sin and death Put us quite from, Lest we should run for't out of breath, Faith brings us home; So that I need no more, but say @3I do believe@1, And my most loving Lord straightway Doth answer, @3Live@1. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE DEATH OF LEONIDAS by GEORGE CROLY DRINKING ODE by ALCAEUS OF MYTILENE APRIL by OBADIAH CYRUS AURINGER O, FOR ANE-AND-TWENTY by ROBERT BURNS TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 3. INSCRIBED ON A MUMMY CASE, BRITISH MUSEUM by EDWARD CARPENTER |