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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...THE STORY OF URIAH by RUDYARD KIPLING WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL BALLADE OF EGREGIOUSNESS by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS IF I AM SITTING CLOSE TO YOU by JESSIE DOWNS BELKNAP |
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