{"collection":"chr","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/chr/hec/hec31.htm","path":"chr/hec/hec31.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/chr/hec/hec31.htm","text":"Hymns of the Eastern Church, by J.M. Neale, [1884]\nby S. John Damascene.\n\u03c4\u1f70\u03c2 \u1f11\u03b4\u03c1\u1f70\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f70\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f30\u03c9\u03bd\u03af\u03b1\u03c2.\nThose eternal bowers\n \u00a0\u00a0Man hath never trod,\n Those unfading flowers\n \u00a0\u00a0Round the Throne of God:\n Who may hope to gain them\n \u00a0\u00a0After weary fight?\n Who at length attain them\n \u00a0\u00a0Clad in robes of white?\nHe, who gladly barters\n \u00a0\u00a0All on earthly ground;\n He who, like the Martyrs,\n \u00a0\u00a0Says, 'I will be crown\u2019d:' p. 116\n He, whose one oblation\n \u00a0\u00a0Is a life of love;\n Clinging to the nation\n \u00a0\u00a0Of the Blest above.\nShame upon you, legions\n \u00a0\u00a0Of the Heavenly King,\n Denizens of regions\n \u00a0\u00a0Past imagining!\n What! with pipe and tabor\n \u00a0\u00a0Fool away the light,\n When He bids you labour,\n \u00a0\u00a0When He tells you,\u2014'Fight!'\nWhile I do my duty,\n \u00a0\u00a0Struggling through the tide,\n Whisper Thou of beauty\n \u00a0\u00a0On the other side! p. 117\n Tell who will the story\n \u00a0\u00a0Of our now distress:\n Oh the future glory!\n \u00a0\u00a0Oh the loveliness!\n[No. 3 in H. E. C. A very sweet melody.]","title":"Hymns of the Eastern Church: S. John Damascene: Idiomela for All Saints","type":"page"}