Called Away
Called away to holy keeping,
Called to quit the wash of weeping,
Called away and softly creeping,
To the glut of heaven’s light.
Called away to sunny spaces,
Up to Jesus giving graces,
Love that surely hell erases,
With the saints parading bright.
Called away to meadows streaming,
With the light of ages gleaming,
Generous and goodly seeming,
On the wing in hopeful flight.
Called away and walking ever,
From the devil’s plotting clever,
Earthly bonds anon to sever,
Called unto a dizzy height.
Called away and lonely going,
To the waters softly flowing,
To the darling breezes blowing,
Jesus to engulf the sight…
