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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OLNEY HYMNS: 20. OLD-TESTAMENT GOSPEL, by WILLIAM COWPER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Israel in ancient days Last Line: To clearer light vouchsafed to me! | |||
Heb. iv. 2. ISRAEL in ancient days Not only had a view Of Sinai in a blaze, But learned the Gospel too; The types and figures were a glass, In which they saw a Saviour's face. The paschal sacrifice And blood-besprinkled door, Seen with enlightened eyes, And once applied with power, Would teach the need of other blood, To reconcile an angry God. The Lamb, the Dove, set forth His perfect innocence, Whose blood of matchless worth Should be the soul's defence; For he who can for sin atone Must have no failings of his own. The scape-goat on his head The people's trespass bore, And to the desert led, Was to be seen no more: In him our Surety seemed to say, "Behold, I bear your sins away." Dipt in his fellow's blood, The living bird went free; The type, well understood, Expressed the sinner's plea; Described a guilty soul enlarged, And by a Saviour's death discharged. Jesus, I love to trace, Throughout the sacred page, The footsteps of thy grace, The same in every age! Oh grant that I may faithful be To clearer light vouchsafed to me! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A COMPARISON [ADDRESSED] TO A YOUNG LADY by WILLIAM COWPER BOADICEA; AN ODE by WILLIAM COWPER EPITAPH ON A HARE by WILLIAM COWPER OLNEY HYMNS: 1. WALKING WITH GOD by WILLIAM COWPER OLNEY HYMNS: 18. LOVEST THOU ME? by WILLIAM COWPER OLNEY HYMNS: 35. LIGHT SHINING OUT OF DARKNESS by WILLIAM COWPER OLNEY HYMNS: 49. JOY AND PEACE IN BELIEVING by WILLIAM COWPER OLNEY HYMNS: 9. THE CONTRITE HEART by WILLIAM COWPER ON THE DEATH OF MRS. (NOW LADY) THROCKMORTON'S BULLFINCH by WILLIAM COWPER ON THE LOSS OF THE ROYAL GEORGE by WILLIAM COWPER ON THE RECEIPT OF MY MOTHER'S PICTURE [OUT OF NORFOLK] by WILLIAM COWPER |
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