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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LITANY, by JOHN SAMUEL BEWLEY MONSELL Poet's Biography First Line: When my feet have wandered Last Line: Of the bleeding heart! | |||
WHEN my feet have wander'd From the narrow way Out into the desert, Gone like sheep astray; Soil'd and sore with travel Through the ways of men, All too weak to bear me Back to Thee again: Hear me, O my Father! From Thy mercy-seat, Save me by the passion Of the bleeding feet! When my hands, unholy Through some sinful deed Wrought in me, have freshly Made my Saviour's bleed: And I cannot lift up Mine to Thee in prayer, Tied and bound, and holden Back by my despair: Then, my Father! loose them, Break for me their bands, Save me by the passion Of the bleeding hands! When my thoughts, unruly, Dare to doubt of Thee, And thy ways to question Deem is to be free: Till, through cloud and darkness, Wholly gone astray, They find no returning To the narrow way: Then, my God! mine only Trust and truth art Thou; Save me by the passion Of the bleeding brow! When my heart, forgetful Of the love that yet, Though by man forgotten, Never can forget; All its best affections Spent on things below, In its sad despondings Knows not where to go: Then, my God! mine only Hope and help Thou art; Save me by the passion Of the bleeding heart! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE FIGHT FOR FAITH by JOHN SAMUEL BEWLEY MONSELL IN THE GARDEN AT THE DAWN HOUR by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SONGS AND THE POET (FOR SARA TEASDALE) by LOUIS UNTERMEYER GRATIANA DANCING AND SINGING by RICHARD LOVELACE THE FLIGHT OF THE WAR-EAGLE by OBADIAH CYRUS AURINGER BEING RETIRED, COMPLAINS AGAINST THE COURT by PHILIP AYRES HER SECRET IS BETRAYED by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT THE OLD VERMONT FARM by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY EVENING SONG: 3 by JOHN VANCE CHENEY TO THE AUTHOR OF POEMS PUBLISHED ANONYMOUSLY (JOSEPH COTTLE) by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE |
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