THE ARK AT JERICHO

The sentries on the walls of Jericho

Would surely feel occasion to remark

On the procession they observed to go

Around them ‑ soldiers, Levites and the Ark.

Confiding in the structure of their wall,

They would not start to apprehend the power

Within that Ark to make their ramparts fall

And unbelievers of their city cower.

In outward weakness, but in secret might,

Those gathered to Christ's name now guarantee

The power of God will intervene to slight

Men's cities, and what they assume to be.

But, Lord, as Thou art cherished let me know

Within me this world's systems overthrow.

The waterfall at Inversnaid

Source for the poem by Gerald Manley Hopkins:

Inversnaid