Grace shall generous hearts reward
Here on earth, and in the day
When they meet their reigning Lord.[198]
Bernard Barton (1784-1849), the Quaker poet, is best known by his hymn on the Holy Scriptures—‘Lamp of our feet, whereby we trace.’ To my mind his best hymn is the bright song of the Christian soldier.
He who would win a warrior’s fame
Must shun, with ever-watchful aim,
Entangling things of life;
His couch the earth, heaven’s arching dome
His airy tent, his only home
The field of martial strife.