IF MICHAEL; LEADER OF GOD'S HOST
WHEN HEAVEN AND HELL ARE MET,
LOOKED DOWN ON YOUR FROM HEAVEN'S DOOR-POST
HE WOULD HIS DEEDS FORGET.

BROODINGNO MORE UPON GOD'S WARS
IN HIS DIVINE HOMESTEAD,
HE WOULD GO WEAVE OUT OF THE STARS
A CHAPLET FOR YOUR HEAD

AND ALL FOLK SEEING HIM BOW DOWN,
AND WHITE STARS TELL YOUR PRAISE,
WOULD COME AT LAST TO GOD'S GREAT TOWN.
LED ON BY GENTLE WAYS;

AND GOD WOULD BID HIS WARFARE CEASE,
SAYING ALL THINGS WERE WELL;
AND SOFTLY MAKE A ROSY PEACE;
A PEACE OF HEAVEN WITH HELL.