On entering harbour: all the oars back-water,
And gliding backward, to an anchor comes.”
It tells of that blessed home-coming, when—
“The ransomed of the Lord shall return
And come to Zion with songs,
And everlasting joy upon their heads;
They shall obtain joy and gladness,
And sorrow and sighing shall flee away.”
(Isa. xxxv. 10.)
It tells of the glorious Jason,[73] of whom it is asked: