LAUS DEO!

Laus Deo, it is done!

Rolled away from loving heart

Is a stone.

Lifted higher, we depart,

Having one.

Laus Deo,— on this rock

( Heaven chiseled squarely good )

Stands His church,—

God is Love, and understood

By His flock.

Laus Deo, night star-lit

Slumbers not in God's embrace;

Be awake;

Like this stone, be in thy place:

Stand, not sit.

Grave, silent, steadfast stone,

Dirge and song and shoutings low

In thy heart

Dwell serene,— and sorrow? No,

It has none,

Laus Deo!