Classic Poem

O DID ye hear
That Clarion clear
That sounded over land and sea?
" Absolve the ban
Of Canäan: "
It was the Trump of Jubilee!

Lo, as of old,
Again behold,
The waves divide amidst the sea!
Again thy rod
Prevails, O God,
And turns the tide to Jubilee!

Thy Cloud by day
Still leads the way;
And flaming back across the sea,
Thro' Dark and Dire,
Thy Pillared Fire,
The beacon-blaze of Jubilee!

Thou lettest, Lord,
Thy Living Word
Again go forth from sea to sea:
" Absolve THE BAN
T HAT FETTERS M AN :
P ROCLAIM, PROCLAIM THE J UBILEE ! "