Love Divine
(From “Emanuel.” After Gwilym Hiraethog, 1802-1880.)
When the angel trumpet sounded.
Through the unbounded ether blown,
Star on star danced on untiring,
Choiring past the Great White Throne;
Then as, every globe outglancing,
Earth’s entrancing orb went by,
Love Divine in blushing pleasure
Steeped the azure of the sky.
Wisdom, when she saw Earth singled
From the bright commingled band,
Whispered Mercy: “That green wonder
Yonder is thy promised land!”
Mercy looked and loved Earth straightway,
At Heaven’s gateway smiling set.
Ah! that glance of tender yearning
She is turning earthward yet.