TILL I learned to love thy name, Lord, thy grace denying, I was lost in sin and shame, Dying, dying, dying! Nothing could the world impart; Darkness held no morrow; In my soul and in my heart Sorrow, sorrow, sorrow! All the blossoms came to blight; Noon was dull and dreary; Night and day, and day and night, Weary, weary, weary! When I learned to love thy name, Peace beyond all measure Came, and in the stead of shame, Pleasure, pleasure, pleasure! Winds may beat, and storms may fall, Thou, the meek and lowly, Reignest, and I sing through all, -- Holy, holy, holy! Life may henceforth never be Like a dismal story, For beyond its bound I see Glory, glory, glory! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ALONZO THE BRAVE AND THE FAIR IMOGINE by MATTHEW GREGORY LEWIS NATURE; SONNET by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW JEANIE MORRISON by WILLIAM MOTHERWELL ISLE OF BEAUTY by THOMAS HAYNES BAYLY A CITY PIPER by MORRIS ABEL BEER JERUSALEM; THE EMANATION OF THE GIANT ALBION: CHAPTER 2 by WILLIAM BLAKE TOWERING OVER THE WRECKS OF TIME by JOHN BOWRING |