| W. Garrett Horder, comp. The Poets’ Bible: New Testament. 1895. | | | | Waiting for Departure | | From the Parisian Breviary |
| | Translated by Isaac Williams “For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.”—2 T IM. IV. 6. |
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ENOUGH, O Paul, enough; and now | |
| A crown in Heaven awaits thy brow, | |
| Thy earthly toils are nearly done, | |
| Thy heavenly prize is all but won; | |
| Long toss’d by ills, on land and sea, | 5 |
| The shore is all but gain’d by thee. | |
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| Long time, ’mid stonings, rods, and chains, | |
| Watchings, and cares, and dying pains, | |
| Thee Christ upon His Cross doth hold, | |
| In daily dyings now grown old; | 10 |
| He bids thee now, no more remain, | |
| And unto thee, to die is gain. | |
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| Love’s tender bowels yearning strong, | |
| They for whom thou didst toil so long | |
| In travailings of second birth,— | 15 |
| Thy children, hold thee still to earth; | |
| The time for thy release is come, | |
| And ready is thy heavenly home. | |
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| When, ’mid the twelve thy throne is set, | |
| And we shall be for judgment met; | 20 |
| May we, whom from the dead of night | |
| God calls in thee to see His light, | |
| For ever with the Angelic host, | |
| Sing Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. | | | |
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