Day from his quiver drew a shining shaft, And 'thwart the night the flaming arrow flew. Hark, to a cry that cleaves the wilderness, Pealing the clarion prelude to the dawn! CANTO FIVE The Messenger of Morn[1] "Wake, slumbering world! Vain dreamer, dream no more! The shadows lift, and o'er night's dusky beach Ripple the white waves of morn. Awake! Arise! "Ocean of dispensations--rivers, rills, 1050 Roll to your source! End, to thine origin! And Israel, to the rock whence ye were hewn[2]! For He that scattered, gathereth His flock, His ancient flock, and plants their pilgrim feet On Joseph's mountain top and Judah's plains; Recalls the children of the covenant From long dispersion o'er the Gentile world, Mingling their spirits with the mystic sea, Which sent them forth as freshening showers to save The parched and withered wastes of unbelief[3]. 1060 Japheth! thy planet pales[4], it sinks, it sets; Henceforth 't is Jacob's star must rise and reign. "Daughter of Zion! be thou comforted, And wash from thy wan cheek all trace of tears. Gone are the days of dole and widowhood, The days of barrenness that brought thee scorn; Thy wilderness now weds, thy desert blooms. "Rejoice, Jerusalem! thou art redeemed; Again thy temple and thy towers arise; Heard is the harp of David in thy halls; 1070 Greater than Solomon's thy wisdom shines. "From spirit heights, where thou art beautiful, Lamp of the nations, send thy light afar! Take on thy new name--One and Pure in Heart! For thou shalt see thy God, His presence thine. "Time, mighty daughter of Eternity! Mother of centuries[5]--seventy, seven-crowned! Assemble now thy children at thy side, And 'ere thou diest teach them to be one[6]. Link to its link rebind the broken chain 1080 Of dispensations, glories, keys, and powers, From Adam's fall unto Messiah's reign; A thousand years of rest, a day with God, While Shiloh reigns[7] and Kolob once revolves. "Six days thou, Earth, hast labored[8], and the seventh, Thy sabbath, comes apace! Night's sceptre wanes, And in the East the silvery Messenger Gives silent token of the golden Dawn. "Once more the ancient tidings[9] among men! Once more the sign and seal of heavenly power! 1090 Renewal of an endless covenant, Elias, restitution, unity! "His burden! Hear it, nations! Hear it, isles! Ere falls an hour, night's darkest hour of doom. The trial ends, the judgment now begins. Out, out of her, my people, saith your God!" --- Who towers aloft, as mountain girt with hills, Amid the strength of Ephraim's stalwart sons, To trumpet thus the closing acts of time? Speak, oracle, what sayest thou of thyself? 1100 Who art thou, man of might and majesty? "Would God I might but tell thee who I am! Would God I might but tell thee what I know[10]!"