ALL blessing to the Blessed Three! Hail, co-eternal Deity, In glory equal, Father, Son, And Spirit; ever Three in One. Ruling o'er all things, One in Will, Three Persons, yet One Substance still: The Uncreated Unity, In Godhead One, in Persons Three. This faith can souls from sin release, And bring them to that land of peace, Where by the bright celestial throng Is poured for aye triumphant song. White-robed in Jesus' steps they tread, Who sits enthroned above their head; Their day of suffering past and gone, Lo, they have put new raiment on. Let us, in whom God's grace doth glow, Pay now to God the debt we owe: So, when to this world we have died, Our place may still in heaven abide. So, peradventure, when the last Fight hath been fought and overpast, We shall behold fair mansions rise, To be our dwelling, in the skies; Where evermore a wondrous Light Shines, inextinguishably bright: It is the Vision of the blest, The Lord Himself made manifest. Its beams on angels' breasts it throws, As on the Source from which it flows They gaze, -- the Form of Him Who trod Erewhile this earth, Incarnate God. On Him they gaze with burning thirst: So shall the righteous burn, when first They see the infinite reward Assigned them by their Judge, the Lord. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OCTAVES: 2 by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON THE FOUNTAIN (1) by SARA TEASDALE DEATH OF THE DAY by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR THE FRAILTY OF MAN'S LIFE by PHILIP AYRES THE VIGIL OF JOSEPH by ELSA BARKER IF ONLY THOU ART TRUE by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) |