  Written on laying the corner-stone of The Mother Church Laus Deo, it is done! Rolled away from loving heart Is a stone. [20] Lifted higher, we depart, Having one. Laus Deo,—on this rock (Heaven chiselled squarely good) Stands His church,— [25] God is Love, and understood By His flock. Laus Deo, night star-lit [1] Slumbers not in God's embrace; Be awake; Like this stone, be in thy place: Stand, not sit. [5] Grave, silent, steadfast stone, Dirge and song and shoutings low In thy heart Dwell serene,—and sorrow? No, It has none, [10] Laus Deo! |
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