Poems (Tynan)/"Adveniat Regnum Tuum"
"ADVENIAT REGNUM TUUM"
Thy kingdom come! Yea, bid it come, But when Thy kingdom first began On earth, Thy kingdom was a home, A child, a woman, and a man.
The child was in the midst thereof, O, blessed Jesus, holiest One! The centre and the fount of love Mary and Joseph's little Son.
Wherever on the earth shall be A child, a woman, and a man, Imaging that sweet trinity Wherewith Thy kingdom first began,
Establish there Thy kingdom! Yea, And o'er that trinity of love Send down, as in Thy appointed day, The brooding spirit of Thy Dove!