Fugitive Poetry. 1600–1878/Glory and Honour ascribed to the Redeemer

Glory and Honour Ascribed to the Redeemer.

Revelations i. 5–9.

To Him that loved the souls of men, And washed us in His blood,To royal honours raised our head, And made us priests to God;

To Him let every tongue be praise, And every heart be love!All grateful honours paid on earth, And nobler songs above!

Behold, on flying clouds He comes! His saints shall bless the day;While they that pierced him sadly mourn In anguish and dismay.

I am the First, and I the Last; Time centres all in me;Th' Almighty God, who was, and is, And evermore shall be.