Text: | Rise, crowned with light, great Salem, rise! |
Author: | Pope |
1 Rise, crowned with light, great Salem, rise!
Exalt thine head and lift thine eyes;
See a long race thy courts adorn,
Of sons and daughters yet unborn.
2 See nations at thy gates attend,
And lowly in thy temple bend;
See crowds on every side arise,
Eager to mount above the skies.
3 See heaven its portals wide display,
And pour on thee a flood of day!
Thy day shall shine forever bright,
For God himself shall be thy light.
4 What though the skies in smoke decay,
Rocks fall, and mountains melt away!
Fixed in his word, his power remains:
Thy glorious King, Messiah, reigns!
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First Line: | Rise, crowned with light, great Salem, rise! |
Author: | Pope |
Meter: | L. M. |
Publication Date: | 1873 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; ; ; |
Topic: | Christ: Intercession and Reign; Reign of the Messiah |