Earth breaks up, time drops away...

Earth breaks up, time drops away,

In flows heaven, with its new day

Of endless life, when He who trod,

Very man and very God,

This earth in weakness, shame and pain,

Dying the death whose signs remain

Up yonder on the accursed tree,—

Shall come again, no more to be

Of captivity the thrall,

But the one God, All in all,

King of kings, Lord of lords,

As His servant John received the words,

“I died, and live for evermore!”

... Robert Browning art

Bring us, O Lord God, at our last awakening...

Bring us, O Lord God, at our last awakening

Into the house and gate of heaven,

To enter into that gate and dwell in that house,

Where there shall be no darkness nor dazzling,
 but one equal light;

No noise nor silence, but one equal music;

No fears nor hopes, but one equal possession;

No ends nor beginnings, but one equal eternity;

In the habitations of thy glory and dominion,

World without end.
...John Donne  image by Brian Snelson