1898 · CLOSE READING
Songs of the Spirit
Songs of the Spirit (1898), PDF p. 46
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PASSOVER.
BLOOD on the lintel ! On the outer side
Death stood with wing implacable, with sword
Steeped in the furnace cruel and abhorred
Of Hell, in Styx well tempered. Far and wide
Its adamant smote out, a full fierce tide
Of vengeance and destruction from the Lord,
While past yon door with blood well overscored
Safety and Peace and Passover abide.
Blood on the lintel ! But within our gates
Spilt our own blood lies curdling on the ground,
Crying to God from each envenomed wound
While the fierce combat yet no whit abates,
And though protected, confident, unspent,
Sighs for relief with battle-cries are blent.
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