Homiletic Fragment II

Rejoice now in life,
and for comfort thrive
in thy Lord,
and thy dignity exalt,
hold thy coffer,
desire bind fast
with prudence ;
a many is unknown
of faithful comrades,
sometimes they wax faint,
their promises fail.
So this world goes,
rapidly passes,
and its destiny fulfils.
There is one belief,
there is one baptism,
one eternal Father ;
one Origin is of people,
who this earth created,
virtue and joys ;
power then wax'd.
Though this frail creation
long stood
in obscurity hidden,
with covering conceal'd,
bedeck'd well with trees,
with darkness embraced ;

a maid ardent minded,
with mankind ;
there it then pleas'd

in that casket,
the Holy Ghost,
bright in *
who was Origin
of all light.