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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HELPER, by GEORGE ALEXANDER CHADWICK First Line: I cannot purge my thoughts from sin Last Line: My hands and feet. | |||
I CANNOT purge my thoughts from sin -- By day my thoughts, my dreams by night: O, wash me, and I shall be clean: O, let Thy daylight, streaming in, Turn darkness bright! I cannot bring my soul to Thee, To whom my soul would fain be brought: O come, O take my heart from me! Teach me to love: I fain would be Found, taken, taught. I cannot reach Thee, O great God, Nor serve, nor trust, nor pray to Thee: I faint, I bleed upon the road -- Bind Thou my wounds and staunch my blood, And rescue me! So shall I sing upon that road Made safe, along that journey sweet: Sing of my Lord who bears my load, Sing of my tired feet washed by God -- My hands and feet. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RUTH by CECIL FRANCES ALEXANDER PSALM 113 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE THE PIRATEER by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE GOOD NIGHT IN THE PORCH by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 34. HOPE AND FEAR by THOMAS CAMPION IN THE HILLS by CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR. THE DESERTED SHRINE by GLADYS CROMWELL |
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