Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ADDRESS TO THE REV. DR. JOHN MUIR, ST JAMES' PARISH, GLASGLOW, by JANET HAMILTON Poet's Biography First Line: Servant of god! Through fifty honoured years Last Line: Our god, our faith, our hope, our church, the same! Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): Clergy; Glasgow, Scotland; God; Religion; Service; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Theology | ||||||||
SERVANT OF GOD! through fifty honoured years, With fears and hopes, with prayerful cries and tears, With watchful care and ever-active zeal, With loving skill that wounded but to heal, Thou led'st the flock committed to thy care By waters still, and pastures green and fair; Kept watch and ward, when danger was abroad, Upon thy towers. Church of the living God! Pillar and ground of truth! what time the cry, "Raze, raze her quite," went forth; when floods rose high; When schism foaming forth reproach, and hate Beat on her walls and thundered at the gate Thou, with thy brother veterans, stemmed the tide, For God, in midst of her, was on our side. Even now, when thousand voices join to sing The hymn of jubilee, a jarring string Mars the grand symphonya hostile tone Of vengeful meaning to our ears has gone. But God our refuge is, and strength, our aid Though waters roar we will not be afraid. We greet thee well, we hail thee on thy road, Advanced far heaven-ward; oh! may Israel's God Remember and accept thine offerings still; Grant thy heart's wish, thy counsels all fulfil! Still may he hear thee from His holy heaven, With saving strength by His own right hand given. Our fathers' temple guard! her thou hast set Above thy chiefest joy; thine eyes shall yet, Ere God shall call thee to Himself from hence, On all her glory see a sure defence So prays a friend; forgive, and grant the claim; Our God, our faith, our hope, our church, the same! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY A BALLAD FOUNDED ON A REAL INCIDENT WHICH OCCURED IN HIGH LIFE by JANET HAMILTON |
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