 | 'Twixt Kiss and Lip or Under the Sword. By the author of "Women Must Weep," [i.e. F. W. O. Ward] Third edition |  |
THE TEMPLE OF SORROW.
There is a temple but not built by hands,
Of which the martyrs are the corner stones,
And whose foundations are of prophets' bones,
Who purchased with their blood the light of lands;
Of which the martyrs are the corner stones,
And whose foundations are of prophets' bones,
Who purchased with their blood the light of lands;
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While in its courts are Sorrow's sacred thrones,
With robes of conquerors framed of captives' bands,
And none but suffering's diadems demands,
Nor asks for music save the mourner's tones.
With robes of conquerors framed of captives' bands,
And none but suffering's diadems demands,
Nor asks for music save the mourner's tones.
There is a priesthood which by none is sought,
But those who that great sacrifice have wrought,
When they the altar and the victim yield;
But those who that great sacrifice have wrought,
When they the altar and the victim yield;
The holy order of the sad and sealed,
That are themselves the offering that is brought,
To whom the truth by travail is revealed.
That are themselves the offering that is brought,
To whom the truth by travail is revealed.
| 'Twixt Kiss and Lip or Under the Sword. By the author of "Women Must Weep," [i.e. F. W. O. Ward] Third edition | |