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The Now Jerusalem, Song of Mary the Mother of Christ (London: E. Allde)

17th Century


HIERUSALEM, my happy home,
         When shall I come to thee?
When shall my sorrows have an end,
         Thy joys when shall I see?

O happy harbour of the Saints!
         O sweet and pleasant soil!
In thee no sorrow may be found,
         No grief, no care, no toil.

There lust and lucre cannot dwell,
         There envy bears no sway;
There is no hunger, heat, nor cold,
         But pleasure every way.

Thy walls are made of precious stones,
         Thy bulwarks diamonds square;
Thy gates are of right orient pearl,
         Exceeding rich and rare.

Thy turrets and thy pinnacles
         With carbuncles do shine;
Thy very streets are paved with gold,
         Surpassing clear and fine.

Ah, my sweet home, Hierusalem,
         Would God I were in thee!
Would God my woes were at an end,
         Thy joys that I might see!

Thy gardens and thy gallant walks
         Continually are green;
There grows such sweet and pleasant flowers
         As nowhere else are seen.

Quite through the streets, with silver sound,
         The flood of Life doth flow;
Upon whose banks on every side
         The wood of Life doth grow.

There trees for evermore bear fruit,
         And evermore do spring;
There evermore the angels sit,
         And evermore do sing.

Our Lady sings Magnificat
         With tones surpassing sweet;
And all the virgins bear their part,
         Sitting about her feet.

Hierusalem, my happy home,
         Would God I were in thee!
Would God my woes were at an end,
         Thy joys that I might see!


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