The Side Windows: Hippolytus

Martyr and Bishop, honour'd name,
Thine earthly place unknown,
Whom East and West alike may claim,
But neither prove their own !

Thine eye seems watching everywhere,
And everywhere divines
The Antichrist approaching near,
'Mid dread portending signs.

Thus like a spirit, with subtle grace,
Thou thro' all lands 'dost glide !
For he who nowhere hath his place
Doth everywhere abide ; •
Of Antichrist meet harbinger : —
For 'neath each distant sky
He nor in time nor place can err,
Who deems Christ's coming nigh.