Elias : an epic of the ages . h^ralds scnt before. K , mountains bowed,EARTH Om mjAM ^weRtaway. Ear(h opes her jaws, and through the yawoing hftCities, peoples, vanish, of hope; dfmbeftft?* ^^^OWed, the yawning rift,t life, bereft. nd three days of night;burst, and Ughtning flash;IS la prostrate plight,feel or fear the lash,?i cries with grind and crash•ilt impels, and forests From Out the Dust 83 Wild oer the land roused Oceans anger swells;Fierce Flames prophetic tongue the final doom foretells. Three hours of stormful strife;—then all is still,Save for a Voice the universe might he
Elias : an epic of the ages . h^ralds scnt before. K , mountains bowed,EARTH Om mjAM ^weRtaway. Ear(h opes her jaws, and through the yawoing hftCities, peoples, vanish, of hope; dfmbeftft?* ^^^OWed, the yawning rift,t life, bereft. nd three days of night;burst, and Ughtning flash;IS la prostrate plight,feel or fear the lash,?i cries with grind and crash•ilt impels, and forests From Out the Dust 83 Wild oer the land roused Oceans anger swells;Fierce Flames prophetic tongue the final doom foretells. Three hours of stormful strife;—then all is still,Save for a Voice the universe might hear,Proclaiming what hath happed as Heavens high will,Dispensing pardon and dispelling fear,Drawing the righteous nearer and more He lifts the curtain of the sky!The midday sun no more their minister;Greater hath risen; and glories multiplyAs angels in their gaze earthward and heavenward fly. He greets them as a shepherd greets his flock;Shows them His wounded side, His hands. His feet;Then builds His Church upon the stricken Rock,Where flow lifes healing waters, limpid, infant innocence, that joys to meetIts great Original. With holy handHe ministers, bids death and hell singles twelve from out the sainted bandTo sow with Gospel light the furrowed, tear-worn land. He bids them write His plain and precious His own tongue hath told, and
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