Poems (Coolidge)/Emmaus

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EMMAUS
Not only on this joyous day
 But all my life with thee,
I'd forward press to Emmaus,
 Thy hidden meanings see.

Not only rise with thee to-day,
 Resolved to conquer sin
But hourly fight the deadly foes
 That ever wage within.

Not only now, but ever, Lord,
 The Bread of Life is mine,
And breaking it, I see the Christ
 As Risen Lord divine.

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Not only on this "day of days"
 But in the valley dim,
A Risen Lord shall be my stay
 If I but lean on Him.

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