Hymns of the Early Church / being translations from the poetry of the Latin church, arranged in the order of the Christian year

by John Brownlie

VII

“See the heavenly kingdom promised,

Long reserved, but now revealed;

Now behold it, now possess it,

Now the princely sceptre wield.”

VIII

O how sweet our earthly losses,

In the midst of gain like this!

O how vain the world’s possessions,

At the cost of so much bliss!