The band of Gideon roam the sky, <br />The howling wind is their war-cry, <br />The thunder roll is their trump's peal, <br />And the lightning flash their vengeful steel. <br />Each black cloud <br />Is a fiery steed. <br />And they cry aloud <br />With each strond deed, <br />"The sword of the lord and Gideon." <br /> <br />And men below rear temples high <br />And mock their God with reasons why, <br />And live in arrogance, sin and shame, <br />And rape their souls for the world's good name. <br />Each black cloud <br />Is a fiery steed. <br />And they cry aloud <br />With each strond deed, <br />"The sword of the lord and Gideon." <br /> <br />The band of Gideon roam the sky <br />And view the earth with baleful eye, <br />In holy wrath they scourge the land <br />With earth-quake, storm and burning brand. <br />Each black cloud <br />Is a fiery steed. <br />And they cry aloud <br />With each strond deed, <br />"The sword of the lord and Gideon." <br /> <br />The lightnings flash and the thunders roll, <br />And "Lord have mercy on my soul," <br />Cry men as they fall on the stricken sod, <br />In agony searching for their God. <br />Each black cloud <br />Is a fiery steed. <br />And they cry aloud <br />With each strond deed, <br />"The sword of the lord and Gideon." <br /> <br />And men repent and then forget <br />That heavenly wrath they ever met, <br />The band of Gideon yet will come <br />And strike their tongues of blasphemy dumb. <br />Each black cloud <br />Is a fiery steed. <br />And they cry aloud <br />With each strond deed, <br />"The sword of the lord and Gideon."<br /><br />Joseph Seamon Cotter<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-band-of-gideon/
