Dedication Delights

orchidee



Tune: Westminster Abbey

('Christ is made the sure foundation')

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Noble edifice outstanding

From you myriad praises ring

Fifty years, nine centuries standing* (*950 years)

Countless voices from you sing

Dedicated to God's service

House of God, fine place of bliss

 

Built of stone of wise men's crafting

Skills brought, talents, everything

To employ with humble hearts free

That to God the glory be

Here in wonder, joy, amazement

Gaze we still with sweet content

 

Christ that spiritual stone belongs

Corner-stone for building strong

We His people built upon Him

Polished stones shine bright, ne'er dim

Living stones of living temple

Stand firm, solid, none shall fall

 

Bright the new Jerusalem shines

Heavenly city with pleasant lines* (*boundaries)

Here on earth in our aspiring

We that city seek for, long

'Til we there for everlasting

Worship you our heavenly King

 

  • Author: orchidee (Offline Offline)
  • Published: September 13th, 2024 01:47
  • Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 8.7.8.7.8.7. Written at the 950th Anniversary of Westminster Abbey in December 2015. Could use it also for 960th anniversary in 2025 - change verse 1, line 3, to 'Sixty years'.
  • Category: Spiritual
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  • Doggerel Dave

    I'm very fond of abbeys and cathedrals (if not crowded with other tourists) as places of contemplation, inspirational with their soaring ceilings and monumental columns even as I know that it took money and power and the lives of poor workers to construct.....
    Good write orchi.

    • orchidee

      Thanks Dave. Of course Goldfinch and I, being millions of years old, were at the dedication in 1065 in person!

      • Goldfinch60

        So true Orchi, but even then you put water in the wine!!

      • sorenbarrett

        Very nicely written Orchi. Beautiful words.

        • orchidee

          Thanks SB.

        • Cassie58

          A magnificent piece of historical and Christian architecture. I sincerely hope it is still standing in a thousand years time. Very nicely penned Orchi. Happy Friday.

          • orchidee

            Thanks Cassie.

          • Goldfinch60

            Good one Orchi.

            • orchidee

              Thanks Gold.



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