by Coleridge · Cluster: Faith · Providence · Divine Love
Abstract
A hexameter paraphrase of Psalm 46 (‘God is our strength and refuge’), a hymn of providential faith in which God stills wars and the heathen rage in vain.
Connections
Themes & Concepts: Faith, Providence, War and its Cost Forms & Genres: Hexameter Verse, Hymn, Translation Historical References: Bible
Testo integrale / Full text
GMd -s omr Strngth nd omr Rfmge: threfOre w+ll w nOt trmbl,
ThM’ th Erth b rmMvd nd thM’ th prptml Moknta+ns
Sink in the Swell of the Ocean! God is our Strength and our Refuge.
There is a River the Flowing whereof shall gladden the City,
Hallelujah! the City of God! Jehova shall help her. 5
Th IdMltrs rgd, the kingdoms were moving in fury;
But he uttered his Voice: Earth melted away from beneath them.
Halleluja! th’ Eternal is with us, Almighty Jehova!
Fearful the works of the Lord, yea fearful his Desolations;
But He maketh the Battle to cease, he burneth the Spear and the
Chariot. 10
Halleluja! th’ Eternal is with us, the God of our Fathers!
1799.