Before the mountains were brought forth, before Earth and the world were made, then God was God: And God will still be God, when flames shall roar Round earth and heaven dissolving at His nod: And this God is our God, even while His rod Of righteous wrath falls on us smiting sore: And this God is our God for evermore Thro' life, thro' death, while clod returns to clod. For tho' He slay us we will trust in Him; We will flock home to Him by divers ways: Yea, tho' He slay us we will vaunt His praise, Serving and loving with the Cherubim, Watching and loving with the Seraphim, Our very selves His praise thro' endless days. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GETHSEMANE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON ON THE PROPOSAL TO ERECT A MONUMENT IN ENGLAND TO LORD BYRON by EMMA LAZARUS GIRL IN A CAGE by CARL SANDBURG THE GARDEN AGAIN by KAREN SWENSON THE LAST REDOUBT by ALFRED AUSTIN THE TENTH MUSE: THE PROLOGUE by ANNE BRADSTREET SCHOOLBOYS IN WINTER by JOHN CLARE |