My soul there is a country far beyond the stars,
where stands a winged sentry, all skilful in the wars:
there, above noise and danger, sweet peace sits crowned with smiles,
and one, born in a manger, commands the beauteous files.
He is thy gracious friend, and o my soul awake!
Did in pure love descend to die for thy sake.
If you canst get but thither, there grows the flower of peace,
the rose that cannot wither, thy fortress, and thy ease.
Leave then thy foolish ranges, for none can thee secure,
but one who never changes, thy God, thy life, thy cure.

Ein Gedicht von Henry Vaughn, das als Liedtext verwendet wurde.
"Files" ist mir hier nicht ganz klar; geht das in Richtung "Heerscharen"? Kennt sich da jemand aus?

Vielen Dank für alle Antworten!