The New Jerusalem

THE NEW JERUSALEM THE FIRST STANZA Have thou ever seen such a concordance? A new relation between man and beast For beyond these hostile hills lies a place where the boisterous Bacchus feast Imagine the fruits of Adam grow on a common tree Where all would merry, ebony and ivory Slave and free Imagine the seven rivers meet at a widen strait For today good has triumph over evil Love burns up hate The New Jerusalem is not a truce between Zion and Arabia. Nor is it the fall of another great wall It is not the end to man’s vicious battles fought with monstrous infernos, sulphur and thunder But it encompasses all THE SECOND STANZA Have thou ever seen such an enterprise? Where the stars would rejoice For the lachrymal clouds would start to sing and dance at the slightest hearing of the voice Oh! Pure ecstasy! Elysium devour me please For a lamb has made it so Imagine a land replenished with trees, gardens and lakes Where untold pearls and diamonds grow Imagine the Pandora’s box once unlocked now thrown into its abysmal grave For a thousand pieces of silver, gold and mace Is no equal to the deeds of the brave The New Jerusalem is not the new –found romance between Babylonia and the Eagle. Nor is it the coalescence of Prussia It is all that is said and will be said And not the rebirth of Russia By Akanbi Olusegun Copyright 2003.