The Altar or, Meditations in Verse On The Great Christian Sacrifice By The Author of "The Cathedral," [i.e. Isaac Williams] |
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The Altar | ||
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“Thou makest it soft with the drops of rain, and blessest the increase of it.”
Yea, Nature doth herself the type present
Of penitential sorrow to our eyes,—
Hanging with clouds the beauteous firmament,
Not only 'mid fierce storms to winter lent,
But also in the tranquil summer skies,
Where love itself doth seem to spread his tent
Above us, 'mid those crystal canopies,
Without whose aid on earth each creature dies.
The unclean spirit banished from the blest,
Walks ever through dry places seeking rest;
Where not a tear bedews the barren ground,
But stern impenitence doth aye remain.
He Who His blessed kingdom spreads around—
He walketh on the clouds and giveth rain.
The Altar | ||