I would that, where God's Spirit was of yore

Poured out unto thy holy ones, I might

There too my soul outpour!

The house of kings and throne of God wert thou,

How comes it then that now

Slaves fill the throne where sat thy kings before?

Oh! who will lead me on

To seek the posts where, in far-distant years,

The angels in their glory dawned upon

Thy messengers and seers?