Kindness from Hades is it,Which disposes me unfitFor fellowship with the sky ---A fixed fount of bitter sigh!Refrain:Dole not to me this mercy!I desire not this kindness! 'Tis not true clemency:Herein'nt be real blessedness!Kindness from Hades it is,Which erect great edificeThat hides Christ from view --The blocking of that light true!A kindness, Lucifer-born,That makes eyes to turnFrom things heavenly,To things earthy and earthly! Oh Lord of all, Allow to me, What tenders toward thee;Let no mercy that breeds pride, Ever to me come to abide! Soul-murdering, soul-undoing,And eternal death-heralding,Is all mercies that furledThe wings of zeal toward God! Oh Hades, stop thy appeal,With thee, a spoke-less wheel;Thy golden goblet, cups vermin:I would none of thy tempting din! Amen!Ojo'je Ad'eyi
_________________Ojoje Adeyi