Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume IV. The Higher Life. 1904. | | | | I. The Divine Element—(God, Christ, the Holy Spirit) | | “Our God, our help in ages past” | | Isaac Watts (1674–1748) |
| | | OUR God, our help in ages past, | |
| Our hope for years to come, | |
| Our shelter from the stormy blast, | |
| And our eternal home,— | |
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| Under the shadow of thy throne | 5 |
| Thy saints have dwelt secure; | |
| Sufficient is thine arm alone, | |
| And our defence is sure. | |
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| Before the hills in order stood, | |
| Or earth received her frame, | 10 |
| From everlasting thou art God, | |
| To endless years the same. | |
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| A thousand ages in thy sight | |
| Are like an evening gone; | |
| Short as the watch that ends the night | 15 |
| Before the rising sun. | |
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| Time like an ever-rolling stream | |
| Bears all its sons away; | |
| They fly, forgotten, as a dream | |
| Dies at the opening day. | 20 |
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| Our God, our help in ages past, | |
| Our hope for years to come, | |
| Be thou our guard while troubles last, | |
| And our eternal home. | | | | |
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