Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CHURCH SERVICE, by HENRY VAUGHAN



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First Line: Blest be the god of harmony and love
Last Line: -- my sighs and groans.
Alternate Author Name(s): Silurist


Blest be the God of Harmony and Love!
The God above!
And holy dove!
Whose interceding, spiritual groans
Make restless moans
For dust and stones,
For dust in every part,
But a hard, stony heart.

2

O how in this thy choir of souls I stand
(Propped by thy hand)
A heap of sand!
Which busy thoughts (like winds) would scatter quite
And put to flight,
But for thy might;
Thy hand alone doth tame
Those blasts, and knit my frame,

3

So that both stones and dust, and all of me
Jointly agree
To cry to thee,
And in this music by thy Martyr's blood
Sealed and made good
Present, O God!
The echo of these stones
-- My sighs and groans.





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