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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...PARAGRAPHS: 9 by HAYDEN CARRUTH SYMPHONIC STUDIES (AFTER ROBERT SCHUMANN) by EMMA LAZARUS THE PETRIFIED FERN by MARY LYDIA BOLLES BRANCH TO LUCY, COUNTESS OF BEDFORD, WITH MR. DONNE'S SATIRES by BEN JONSON A CHURCHYARD SOLILOQUY by HENRY ALFORD SOLILOQUIES OF A SMALL-TOWN TAXI-DRIVER: ON THE WRITING OF POETRY by EDGAR BARRATT A MOTHER'S DREAM by MATHILDE BLIND |
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