A WALK THROUGH PARADISE

A WALK THROUGH PARADISE

I walk as an angel,
In the light of paradise,
Where azure tiles grace the floor
Of the entrance to His radiant palace.

Emerald slopes of an immaculate moor
Can be seen from the highest tower;
Above a statuesque court,
And the boundless beauty
Of a ravishing bower,
The gilded spires reach
To an infinite of astonishing skies;
The tangible and ethereal
Are one to blessed eyes.

I am one with The King, and his Virgin Queen,
As I dally down a dell of ineffable green,
Graced with the lily, the marigold, the rose.
My spirit is drenched in an ecstasy,
Within a majestic garden-close.
And every sorrow that was mine
Has been replaced by a deep felicity,
In a splendid cloister, clad with vine.

Effulgent streams
Through a golden forest gleams-
And is wine to the taste!-

Awake, my brethren-
There is no time to waste!-
Let our lives be of service,
Goodness and love-
For I have been favored
With an elysian glimpse in the twilit hour
To see such diamond dew drops
Of our recompense above!