The Poetry Corner

Sardis. - Revelation iii.1-6.

By William Cowper

Write to Sardis, saith the Lord, And write what he declares, He whose Spirit, and whose word, Upholds the seven stars: All thy works and ways I search, Find thy zeal and love decayd: Thou art calld a living church, But thou art cold and dead. Watch, remember, seek, and strive, Exert thy former pains; Let thy timely care revive, And strengthen what remains: Cleanse thine heart, thy works amend Former times to mind recall, Lest my sudden stroke descend, And smite thee once for all. Yet I number now in thee A few that are upright; These my Fathers face shall see, And walk with me in white. When in judgment I appear, They for mine shall be confest; Let my faithful servants hear, And woe be to the rest!