THE BLESSED COUNTRY
“The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.”—Is. xxxv. 1.
12C. P. C.
tr., Emma Frances Bevan, 1899
O glad the wilderness for me, And glad the solitary place, Since Thou hast made mine eyes to see, To see Thy Face. | Not heavenly fields, but desert sands Rejoice and blossom as the rose; For through the dry and thirsty lands Thy River flows. | O Way beside that living tide. The Way, the Truth, the Life art Thou; I drink, and I am satisfied, Now, even now. | Eternal joy already won, Eternal songs already given; For long ago the work was done That opened Heaven. | |