Upon a life I have not lived, Upon a death I did not die, Another's life; Another's death: I stake my whole eternity. Not on the tears which I have shed; Not on the sorrows I have known; Another's tears; Another's griefs; On them I rest, on them alone. Jesus, O Son of God, I build On what Thy cross has done for me; There both my death and life I read; My guilt, my pardon there I see. Lord, I believe; O deal with me As one who has Thy Word believed! I take the gift, Lord, look on me As one who has Thy gift received. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SACRED ELEGY: 5. THE SEPARATION OF MAN FROM GOD by GEORGE BARKER THE BAT by CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON A SUMMER NIGHT by JOHANNA AMBROSIUS PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 39. AL-HAFIZ by EDWIN ARNOLD THE POET'S SOLILOQUY by E. M. AVERILL UNCLE OUT O' DEBT AN' OUT O' DANGER by WILLIAM BARNES AN EPITAPH UPON THE DEATH OF SIR PHILIP SIDNEY by RICHARD BARNFIELD |