21 fevereiro 2018

Once more! Our God, vouchsafe to Shine

Samuel Sewall

Once more! Our God, vouchsafe to Shine:
Tame Thou the Rigour of our Clime.
Make haste with thy Impartial Light,
And terminate this long dark Night.

Let the transplanted English Vine
Spread further still: still call in Thine:
Prune it with Skill: for yield it can
More Fruit to Thee the Husbandman.

Give the poor Indians Eyes to see
The Light of Life: and set them free;
That they Religion may profess,
Denying all Ungodliness.

From hard’ned Jews the Vail remove;
Let them their Martyr’d Jesus love;
And Homage unto Him afford,
Because He is their Rightfull Lord.

So false Religion shall decay,
And Darkness fly before bright Day:
So Men shall God in Christ adore;
And worship Idols vain, no more.

So Asia, and Africa,
Europa with America;
All Four, in Consort join’d, shall Sing
New Songs of Praise to Christ our King.

Fonte (versos 1-4, 9-10, 19-20): Gould, S. J. 1997. Dinossauro no palheiro. SP, Companhia das Letras. Poema datado de 1701.

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