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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“Let us also go, that we may die with Him.”
And if in soul and body, by long pain,
All that is earthly shall be mortified,
And Thou therein Thy quickening Presence hide,
That which is stony wilt Thou burst in twain,
As from stern winter's womb, and rise and reign
In vernal resurrection,—to abide
Here in new life by sorrow sanctified
Awhile, her course of trial to sustain,
And then arise to Heaven; thus here below
The tide of all my thoughts, that ebb and flow
In joy or sadness, may in either still
Be quickened by an all-inspiring Love,
And so may move obedient to Thy will,
Responsive to the drawings from above.
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