Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE MILLENIUM, by CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH TONNA


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First Line: When from scattered lands afar / speeds the voice of rumoured war
Last Line: Come; creation groans for thee!
Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Charlotte Elizabeth


When from scattered lands afar
Speeds the voice of rumoured war,
Nations in conflicting pride
Heaved like Ocean's stormy tide,
When the solar splendours fail,
And the crescent waxeth pale,
And the powers that star-like reign
Sink dishonoured to the plain,
World, do thou the signal dread,
We exalt the drooping head,
We uplift the expectant eye --
Our redemption draweth nigh.
When the fig-tree shoots appear,
Men proclaim their summer near;
When the hearts of rebels fail,
We the coming Saviour hail;
Bridegroom of the weeping spouse,
Listen to her longing vows --
Listen to her widow'd moan,
Listen to creation's groan!
Bid, oh bid, the trumpet sound,
Gather thine elect around;
Gird with saints thy flaming car,
Gather them from climes afar,
Call them from life's cheerless gloom,
Call them from the marble tomb,
From the grass-grown village grave,
From the deep dissolving wave,
From the whirlwind and the flame,
Mighty Head! thy members claim!

Where are those whose fierce disdain
Scorn'd Messiah's gentle reign?
Lo, in seas of sulph'rous fire,
Now they taste his tardy ire,
Prison'd till th' appointed day
When this world shall pass away.

Quelled are all thy foes, O Lord,
Sheath again the victor sword.
Where thy cross of anguish stood,
Where thy life distilled in blood,
Where they mocked thy dying groan,
King of nations, plant thy throne.
Send the law from Zion forth,
Over all the willing earth:
Earth, whose Sabbath beauties rise
Crowned with more than paradise.

Sacred be the opposing veil!
Mortal sense and sight must fail.
Yet the day, the hour is nigh,
We shall see thee eye to eye.
Be our souls in peace possest
While we seek the promised rest.
And from every heart and home
Breathe the prayer, Lord Jesus come!
Haste to set thy people free;
Come; creation groans for thee!





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