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First Line: Almighty god! When round thy shrine
Last Line: Eternal life and peace and love!
Alternate Author Name(s): Little, Thomas
Subject(s): Religion; Theology


I.

ALMIGHTY God! when round thy shrine
The palm-tree's heavenly branch we twine,
(Emblem of life's eternal ray,
And love that "fadeth not away"): --
We bless the flowers, expanded all,
We bless the leaves that never fall,
And trembling say, -- "In Eden thus
The Tree of Life may flower for us!"

II.

When round thy cherubs, smiling calm
Without their flames, we wreathe the palm,
O God! we feel the emblem true, --
Thy mercy is eternal too!
Those cherubs, with their smiling eyes,
That crown of palm which never dies,
Are but the types of Thee, above, --
Eternal Life and Peace and Love!





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