Maranatha

In the grim silence of the shuddering night,

The latest born of the expiring year

Limps wearily war-wasted out of sight

With garments rolled in blood and vision blear.

The thunder of contending armies rends

Celestial regions; from the firmanent

Destruction, like the hail of God, descends;

The depth of ocean boil belligerent.

We wait not for the coming year to bring

An era of tranquility to men;

Not to the forces of the flesh we cling

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