Appalling doom! yet hearts there are
Its fearful truth have found,
Have known a heaven where sun nor star
Its radiance sheds around;
An earth of iron, whose barren breast
Seem'd icy cold and dead,
Whose sterile paths, by joy unblest,
In endless mazes spread.
They who have trod that hopeless path,
Beneath that rayless sky,
Have known the hour of righteous wrath
These metaphors imply.
These know how God's most holy will
Can mar creation's face,
And leave the disobedient, still,
No pleasant resting-place.
One only hope for such remains —
Repent, return, and live;
He who no penitent disdains,
New heavens, new earth can give.
Simple obedience shall restore
Green fields and sunny skies;
And hearkening to His voice bring more
Than Eden to their eyes.
Its fearful truth have found,
Have known a heaven where sun nor star
Its radiance sheds around;
An earth of iron, whose barren breast
Seem'd icy cold and dead,
Whose sterile paths, by joy unblest,
In endless mazes spread.
They who have trod that hopeless path,
Beneath that rayless sky,
Have known the hour of righteous wrath
These metaphors imply.
These know how God's most holy will
Can mar creation's face,
And leave the disobedient, still,
No pleasant resting-place.
One only hope for such remains —
Repent, return, and live;
He who no penitent disdains,
New heavens, new earth can give.
Simple obedience shall restore
Green fields and sunny skies;
And hearkening to His voice bring more
Than Eden to their eyes.
Reviews
No reviews yet.