English poem
_Laus Deo!_
by Mary Baker Eddy (1821–1910)
The laying of the corner-stone of The Mother Church.
Laus Deo, it is done! Rolled away from loving heart Is a stone. Lifted higher, we depart, Having one.
Laus Deo,--on this rock (Heaven chiseled squarely good) Stands His church,-- God is Love, and understood By His flock.
Laus Deo, night star-lit Slumbers not in God's embrace; Be awake; Like this stone, be in thy place: Stand, not sit.
Grave, silent, steadfast stone, Dirge and song and shoutings low In thy heart Dwell serene,--and sorrow? No, It has none, Laus Deo!