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THE UPAS TREE.
20. THE UPAS TREE.
There sprang a tree of deadly name,
Its poisonous breath, its baleful dew,
Scorched the green earth, like lava-flame,
And every plant of mercy slew.
From clime to clime its branches spread
Their fearful fruits of sin and woe,—
The prince of darkness loved its shade,
And toiled its fiery seed to sow.
Faith poured her prayer at midnight hour,
The hand of zeal at noonday wrought,
And armor of celestial power
The children of the Cross besought.
Behold! the axe its pride shall wound,
Through its cleft boughs the sunbeams shine,
Its blasted blossoms strew the ground,—
Give glory to the Arm Divine!
And still Jehovah's aid implore,
From isle to isle, from sea to sea:—
From peopled earth's remotest shore,
To root that deadly Upas Tree.
Its poisonous breath, its baleful dew,
Scorched the green earth, like lava-flame,
And every plant of mercy slew.
From clime to clime its branches spread
Their fearful fruits of sin and woe,—
The prince of darkness loved its shade,
And toiled its fiery seed to sow.
Faith poured her prayer at midnight hour,
The hand of zeal at noonday wrought,
And armor of celestial power
The children of the Cross besought.
Behold! the axe its pride shall wound,
Through its cleft boughs the sunbeams shine,
Its blasted blossoms strew the ground,—
Give glory to the Arm Divine!
And still Jehovah's aid implore,
From isle to isle, from sea to sea:—
From peopled earth's remotest shore,
To root that deadly Upas Tree.
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