Alfred H. Miles, ed. The Sacred Poets of the Nineteenth Century. 1907.
By Amenophis and Other Poems (1892). VI. The Garden of GodFrancis Turner Palgrave (18241897)
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And calls to souls upon the world’s highway;
Wearied with trifles, maim’d and sick with sin,
Christ by the gate stands, and invites them in.
Here from the throne sweet waters ever go:
Here the white lilies shine like stars above:
Here in the red rose burns the face of Love.
But lighter in My ways your feet will be:
’Tis not to summon you from human mirth,
But add a depth and sweetness not of earth.
Turn your steps hither: am not I the Way?
The sun is falling fast; the night is nigh:
Why will ye wander? Wherefore will ye die?
None to the Father cometh, but by Me:
For you I died; once more I call you home:
I live again for you: My children, come!”