Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE SACRAMENT OF WATER, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY


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THE SACRAMENT OF WATER, by                    
First Line: Crystal clear from the throne of god
Last Line: For all fair, fresh, running water!
Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John
Subject(s): Religion; Sacraments; Water; Theology


Crystal clear from the throne of God
Flows The River, The Shining River,
For ever full, for ever free,
It floweth everlastingly
Through the banks of Time to the Boundless Sea
Of Love indwelling Eternity.

Praise to God in running water,
Gleaming, glancing, running water!
Crystal clear its joyous cheer,
Dreaming, dancing, running water;
Amber-bright all slashed with white,
Sweet, romancing, running water;
Give God praise for all fair water!
His sweet grace is running water.

God's sweet grace is running water,
All fair, sparkling, running water,
Bubbling spring from rock or sod, --
Goodly thing, -- the gift of God, --
Babbling praises as it flows,
Gathering graces as it grows,
Scattering joys where'er it goes; --
Praise to God in running water!

Blithely o'er its shallows purling,
Lithely through its narrows swirling,
Round its mossy boulders curling,
Glooming, gleaming, spooming, creaming
With new life so richly teeming
For the thirsty earth's redeeming; --
Give God praise for running water,
For all fair, fresh, running water!





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