Planting the Cross at Sewanee and Other Poems (Classic Reprint)

Urm Bat faan The Cross on the Mount of Hope The winter day was bright ;and blushing Morn, A-tip-toe rose to greet the up-risen Sun, Her eager bridegroom. Through the riven clouds, The sombre drapery of Night, he stole A side-long, loving glance, which wakened her. The early breeze those tattered curtains shook, And opened wide ;when lo !the rosy Morn A ppeared, and lighted up the scene. The shades Withdrew ;but tremulous, essayed to rise And bend their dusky forms in adoration. Insensate man !G ods first-day miracle Is wrought anew, as at creations dawn. And every morning should command thy praise, Let there be light! Dear Lord, the fiat send Through minds chaotic ;make them now to see The Sun of Righteousness, and darkness flee A way ;and doubts, that shadow oer the soul, Shall be transformed to Faith adoring ;so Thy Church shall be the loving bride of Christ. The signification of the Indian Sewanee the site of the University of theS
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