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Doomsday
From Herbert.
“Come to Judgment, come away!” (Hark, I hear the angel say, Summoning the dust to rise;) “Haste, resume, and lift your eyes; Hear, ye sons of Adam, hear; Man, before thy God appear!” |
Come to Judgment, come away! This the last, the dreadful day. Sovereign Author, Judge of all, Dust obeys Thy quickening call, Dust no other voice will heed: Thine the trump that wakes the dead. |
Come to Judgment, come away! Lingering man, no longer stay; Thee let earth at length restore, Prisoner in her womb no more; Burst the barriers of the tomb, Rise to meet thy instant doom! |
Come to Judgment, come away! Wide dispersed howe’er ye stray, Lost in fire, or air, or main, Kindred atoms meet again; Sepulchred where’er ye rest, Mix’d with fish, or bird, or beast. |
Come to Judgment, come away! Help, O Christ, Thy work’s decay: Man is out of order hurl’d, Parcell’d out to all the world; Lord, Thy broken concert raise, And the music shall be praise. |
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