Ode to Joshua

[Ninva]

Thou yearnest for thy soul;
But thou hath not listen’d.
Thine is not thine.
Thine is blind!


Thy soul: purest
Diamond amongst soil –
Was bought.
But thine is now rot!


Decaying in the dirt,
Thou’st a soul –
Thy soul retreat!
Dead is thy flesh, I see!


Once thou waketh
In eternal sleep:
Thou shant breathe.
Thou shant be.


In hell thine
Shall be!
In hell thine
Shall believe!


Take well and heed:
Do not sin like me.
Thou hath not believed --
But believe for me.


For the fires of hell
Shant yield for cobbler's nail.
Hell takes all evil.
For good smothers evil --


And it shall smother thee
If thou shant believe,
In perfect love of He
Who died for thee.


Jesus Christ He be!
Listen and believe --
Though he is not seen.
He is King! He is King!​

 

[DM Cross]

I didn't even get all the way through this one, but I will say good attempt at the old English way of talking... If anyone was ever fluent in that form of English anymore.

I know what most of the words mean and how to use them and I just couldn't keep reading. It was a bit too out of place for me, so I admit I only got to like the third stanza before I was just giving up and figured I'd give my opinion on that.