The Pilgrim's Progress (1678)

To 'trav'lers of the past, their mem'ry to secure,
That cloud of witnesses, alive in Heaven pure.
For travelers today, to aid them in their trip;
To help them follow on, in Christ's directorship.
And future trav'lers, too, to help them run the race;
To heighten their resolve, their foes to all out-pace.
To my wife, who paid a price--putting up with me,
While I dwelt with Christian, and all this company,
To my children, each unique; help them hear a call
From the Lord of Glory, to give to Him their all.
And to the task ahead, in Bunyan's type of rhyme,
We send you, Pilgrim, out--again another time.

--LEH (in Modern English version)

And they admitted that they were aliens and strangers on earth. People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. Instead, they were longing for a better country--a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them

(Hebrews 11:13-16).
(in Modern English version)