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First Line: On judah's hills a weight of darkness hung
Last Line: The bright and morning star, my guide to perfect day!
Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea
Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion


ON Judah's hills a weight of darkness hung,
Felt shudderingly at noon: the land had driven
A Guest Divine back to the gates of heaven --
A life, whence all pure founts of healing sprung,
All grace, all truth. And when, to anguish wrung,
From the sharp cross th' enlightening spirit fled,
O'er the forsaken earth a pall of dread
By the great shadow of that death was flung.
O Saviour! O Atoner! -- Thou that fain
Would'st make thy temple in each human heart,
Leave not such darkness in my soul to reign;
Ne'er may thy presence from its depths depart,
Chased thence by guilt! Oh! turn not Thou away,
The bright and Morning Star, my guide to perfect day!





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