The city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
Revelation 21:23
Words: Arranged from Gurdon Robins, 1843. Click here for the original version.
Music: Daniel B. Towner, 1897 (🔊 pdf nwc)
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If you know where to get a good photo of Robins (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
There is a land mine eye hath seen
In visions of enraptured thought,
So bright that all which spread between
Is with its radiant glories fraught.
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Oh, land of love, of joy and light,
Thy glories gild earth’s darkest night;
Thy tranquil shore, we, too, shall see,
When day shall break and shadows flee.
A land upon whose blissful shore
There rests no shadow, falls no stain;
There those who meet shall part no more,
And those long parted meet again.
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Its skies are not like earthly skies,
With varying blues of shade and light;
It hath no need of suns to rise
To dissipate the gloom of night.
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There sweeps no desolating wind
Across the calm, serene abode.
The wanderer there a home may find
Within the paradise of God.
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