O’er the rock of all eternal--
Over sacred soil ye’ve trod;
Whither king and priest and people
Make their mockery of God.
Like the rolling of an organ
Down the mighty nave of Time,
In the hush of Things Supernal
Ye have sung of Things Sublime.
Living lilt beyond the starlight--
Living light beyond the spheres--
With a calm majestic cadence
Came the call of all the years.
As a pause across the storm-path--
As the swaying starlit sea--
As the faith of little children--
Ye have writ _ETERNITY_.