The Fountain of Hope

Truth old as heaven is, and God is Truth,
And Hope is never old, but still a youth.
When I unclose the volume which began
Its essence and its interest with man,
I see that mystery unspeakable,
Where Deity as Three Almighty dwell,
And rise above myself o'er Reason's shrine,
And feel my origin is Love divine;
Older than earth, o'er worlds however high,
An essence to be crushed, but not to die;
That like a light hereafter shall arise,
A star or comet, in those mighty skies,
Where God, the sun, smiles on it like a flower,
And bids it live in light 'neath his almighty power.