Poems, on sacred and other subjects and songs, humorous and sentimental: By the late William Watt. Third edition of the songs only--with additional songs |
Poems, on sacred and other subjects | ||
An Acrostic.
VENI, VIDI, VICI—I came, I saw, I conquered.
Veil'd in humanity's dark shroud,
Eternal Power and Wisdom came,
No pomp he wore to rouse the crowd,
In rapture to extol his fame.
Eternal Power and Wisdom came,
No pomp he wore to rouse the crowd,
In rapture to extol his fame.
Virtue, he saw, had fled the world;
Ire, fierce as hell, the sceptre sway'd;
Demoniac powers their vengeance hurl'd,
In wrath, on man's devoted head.
Ire, fierce as hell, the sceptre sway'd;
Demoniac powers their vengeance hurl'd,
In wrath, on man's devoted head.
Victorious then did Jesus wield,
In Godhead's might, his flaming sword,
Carrying sheer conquest o'er the field:
In songs of triumph praise the Lord.
In Godhead's might, his flaming sword,
Carrying sheer conquest o'er the field:
In songs of triumph praise the Lord.
Poems, on sacred and other subjects | ||