"Rise, Crowned with Light, Imperial Salem, Rise" by Alexander Pope, 1688-1744 Text From: THE LUTHERAN HYMNAL (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1941) 1. Rise, crowned with light, imperial Salem, rise! Exalt thy tow'ring head and lift thine eyes; See heav'n its sparkling portals wide display And break upon thee in a flood of day. 2. See a long race thy spacious courts adorn; See future sons and daughters, yet unborn, In crowding ranks on ev'ry side arise Demanding life, impatient for the skies. 3. See barb'rous nations at thy gates attend, Walk in the light, and in thy temple bend; See thy bright altars thronged with prostrate kings, While ev'ry land its joyful tribute brings. 4. The seas shall waste, the skies in smoke decay, Rocks fall to dust, and mountains melt away; But fixed this Word, this saving pow'r, remains; Thy realms shall last, thine own Messiah reigns. ________________________________________________ Notes: Hymn #503 from _The Lutheran Hymnal_ Text: Isaiah 60:1ff Author: Alexander Pope, 1712, cento, alt. Tune: "Old 124th" 1st Published in: _Genevan Psalter_, 1551 ______________________________________________________________________ This text was converted to ascii format for Project Wittenberg by Marilyn F. Gardner and is in the public domain. You may freely distribute, copy or print this text. Please direct any comments or suggestions to: Rev. Robert E. Smith of the Walther Library at Concordia Theological Seminary. E-mail: bob_smith@ctsfw.edu Surface Mail: 6600 N. Clinton St., Ft. Wayne, IN 46825 USA Phone: (219) 452-2148 Fax: (219) 452-2126 ______________________________________________________________________