140. The City of God by Francis Turner Palgrave. Nicholson & Lee, eds. 1917. The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse

Nicholson & Lee, eds. The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse. 1917.

140. The City of God

By Francis Turner Palgrave (1825–1897)

[Greek] O THOU not made with hands,
Not throned above the skies,
Nor wall’d with shining walls,
Nor framed with stones of price,
More bright than gold or gem,	5
God’s own Jerusalem!

Where’er the gentle heart
Finds courage from above;
Where’er the heart forsook
Warms with the breath of love;	10
Where faith bids fear depart,
City of God! thou art.

Thou art where’er the proud
In humbleness melts down;
Where self itself yields up;	15
Where martyrs win their crown;
Where faithful souls possess
Themselves in perfect peace.

Where in life’s common ways
With cheerful feet we go;	20
When in His steps we tread
Who trod the way of woe;
Where He is in the heart,
City of God! thou art.

Not throned above the skies,	25
Nor golden-wall’d afar,
But where Christ’s two or three
In His name gather’d are,
Be in the midst of them,
God’s own Jerusalem!	30