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It was not all a dream,
That vision of a power to stir and move,
Which sheds its joyous gleam,
And fills the world and man with life and love.
That vision of a power to stir and move,
Which sheds its joyous gleam,
And fills the world and man with life and love.
The purple juice that flows
From cask or skin in goblet wrought with gold,
Whose rich, dark ruby glows,
Like purple sunset on a temple old,
From cask or skin in goblet wrought with gold,
Whose rich, dark ruby glows,
Like purple sunset on a temple old,
Is parable and type
Of holiest things that lie within the veil;
Those clusters full and ripe
Tell of a Spirit mighty to prevail.
Of holiest things that lie within the veil;
Those clusters full and ripe
Tell of a Spirit mighty to prevail.
He once, whom we adore,
Took bread and brake, and to the Twelve He gave,
The Paschal supper o'er,
The wine that told of life from out the grave.
Took bread and brake, and to the Twelve He gave,
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The wine that told of life from out the grave.
Of all God's gifts to man
That only filled the measure of the truth,
Witness of life that ran
Through years and changes with unfailing youth;
That only filled the measure of the truth,
Witness of life that ran
Through years and changes with unfailing youth;
Witness of holier life,
Whose joy bursts out in hymn, and chant, and psalm,
And, through the world's rough strife,
Bids storm-tossed souls take courage and be calm.
Whose joy bursts out in hymn, and chant, and psalm,
And, through the world's rough strife,
Bids storm-tossed souls take courage and be calm.
He, who the winepress trod,
Who poured His blood as wine of sacrifice,
And in His zeal for God,
And love for man, paid their full ransom-price;
Who poured His blood as wine of sacrifice,
And in His zeal for God,
And love for man, paid their full ransom-price;
He gives His life-blood still,
Joy of all joys, and solace of all woe,
Man's heart and soul to fill,
In gushing stream through every vein to flow.
Joy of all joys, and solace of all woe,
Man's heart and soul to fill,
In gushing stream through every vein to flow.
When on the chosen band
There came the sound of rushing, mighty wind,
And flames, on either hand,
Disparted, and strange speech of newest kind;
There came the sound of rushing, mighty wind,
And flames, on either hand,
Disparted, and strange speech of newest kind;
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Men laughed, and mocked, and said:
“Lo! these are drunken, all unfit to teach,
New wine hath filled each head;
See, here the secret of their babbling speech.”
“Lo! these are drunken, all unfit to teach,
New wine hath filled each head;
See, here the secret of their babbling speech.”
And half their words were right,
For then, in that high ecstasy divine,
That flashing of new light,
Their souls grew dizzy, drunk, but not with wine.
For then, in that high ecstasy divine,
That flashing of new light,
Their souls grew dizzy, drunk, but not with wine.
And so through every age,
The life that works through Nature and through man
Here gains its highest stage,
As upward from the old great deeps it ran.
The life that works through Nature and through man
Here gains its highest stage,
As upward from the old great deeps it ran.
Yes, He, the Lord of life,
Who brooded o'er the waste of waters wild,
And calmed their war and strife,
He comes with breath as whispering and as mild
Who brooded o'er the waste of waters wild,
And calmed their war and strife,
He comes with breath as whispering and as mild
As breeze of summer morn;
And wakes new music, pours the floods of song
Through heart and soul new-born,
And all, by that great current swept along,
And wakes new music, pours the floods of song
Through heart and soul new-born,
And all, by that great current swept along,
Know joy ne'er felt before,
A peace unbroken that is not of earth;
While through the sere heart pour
Rivers of gladness, streams of heavenly mirth.
A peace unbroken that is not of earth;
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Rivers of gladness, streams of heavenly mirth.
They own in prayer and vow,
How poor the bliss that thrilled the eager sense;
The good wine kept till now,
Bursting the vessel with the joy intense.
How poor the bliss that thrilled the eager sense;
The good wine kept till now,
Bursting the vessel with the joy intense.
And so when all shall meet
At wedding-feast, in garments white and clean,
And at their Lord's dear feet
Shall see Him as He is, no veil between,
At wedding-feast, in garments white and clean,
And at their Lord's dear feet
Shall see Him as He is, no veil between,
Then they shall drink new wine,
As weary travellers who have ceased to roam,
Yea, taste the joy divine
Of sons who dwell within their Father's home.
As weary travellers who have ceased to roam,
Yea, taste the joy divine
Of sons who dwell within their Father's home.
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