| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1189. Kelpius’s Hymn |
| | | By Arthur Peterson |
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| O GOD, thy moon is on the hills, | |
| Thy stars are in the sky, | |
| Thy Spirit this mortal vessel fills, | |
| I feel the end is nigh; | |
| Swift meteors flame across the north, | 5 |
| The golden planets wheel and sink, | |
| Soon steps thy trumpet-angel forth | |
| From Heaven’s eternal brink; | |
| Then peace illumes these warlike ways, | |
| Christ’s joyful chiliad has its birth, | 10 |
| A round of Eden’s perfect days, | |
| Thy kingdom comes upon the earth! | |
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| My eyes are dim, my hands are weak, | |
| My soul is scarred with sin, | |
| But day and night thy Word I seek, | 15 |
| That I a crown may win. | |
| Cleanse thou and make my spirit pure | |
| As are the spirits of thy saints; | |
| Like them in bliss would I endure | |
| When earthly body faints. | 20 |
| Far up on Heaven’s resplendent height | |
| I hear the circling cherubs sing, | |
| As downward to this world of night | |
| The New Jerusalem they bring! | |
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