ALMIGHTY GOD!

Almighty GOD! when round thy shrine

The Palm-tree's heavenly branch we twine,

( Emblem of Life's eternal ray,

And Love that “fadeth not away,” )

We bless the flowers, expanded all,

We bless the leaves that never fall,

And trembling say,— “In Eden thus

“The Tree of Life may flower for us!”

When round thy Cherubs — smiling calm,

Without their flames — we wreathe the Palm.

Oh God! we feel the emblem true —

Thy Mercy is eternal too,

Those Cherubs, with their smiling eyes,

That crown of Palm which never dies,

Are but the types of Thee above —

Eternal Life, and Peace, and Love!