| Stanza | Poetry Source by First Line | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
There is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign, Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain. Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood, Stand dressed in living green, So to the Jews old Canaan stood, While Jordan rolled between. |
There is a Land of pure Delight,, Stanzas 1 & 3 | ||
| 2 |
Oh could we make our doubts remove, Those gloomy doubts that rise, And see the Canaan that we love With unbeclouded eyes. Could we but climb where Moses stood, And view the landscape o'er, Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood Should fright us from the shore. |
There is a Land of pure Delight,, Stanzas 5 & 6 |