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ORPHIC EVANGEL.
I.
When shall the Golden Words that once were spokenBy our great august Lord be heard by men?
His beautiful body on the cross once broken,
Be made the model of our lives again?
This is the burden of my song—
“How long, Oh! Lord! how long?”
II.
How long before the Gabriel Years, all golden,Shall walk the world where Sin has walked so long—
Crushing with God-like tread the Ages Olden
Out of our hearts, that we may grow as strong!
This is the burden of my song—
“How long, Oh! Lord! how long?”
III.
How long before Man's form of Angel-beauty,Dead in earth's tomb, where it has lain so long,
Shall rise again, redeemed, to do its duty,
And, like Christ's Angel, die no more by wrong?
This is the burden of my song—
“How long, Oh! Lord! how long?”
IV.
Like the great Prophet when he stood benighted,Waiting to see God's Sun in glory shine;
My faith-uplifted soul beholds, delighted,
The far-off shining of the Light Divine!
This shall engage my song—
“How long, Oh! Lord! how long?”
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