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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...SONG TO THE MEN OF ENGLAND by THOMAS CAMPBELL YESTERDAY AND TOMORROW by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR LYING IN THE GRASS by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE TO ANTHEA [WHO MAY COMMAND HIM ANYTHING] by ROBERT HERRICK PRAYER by ANTON ALEXANDER VON AUERSPERG LILIES: 27. THE WAVE-TOSSED VESSEL by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) |
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