GOD of my life, to thee I call, Afflicted at thy feet I fall; When the great water-floods prevail, Leave not my trembling heart to fail! Friend of the friendless and the faint, Where should I lodge my deep complaint? Where but with thee, whose open door Invites the helpless and the poor! Did ever mourner plead with thee, And thou refuse that mourner's plea? Does not the word still fixed remain, That none shall seek thy face in vain? That were a grief I could not bear, Didst thou not hear and answer prayer; But a prayer-hearing, answering God Supports me under every load. Fair is the lot that's cast for me; I have an Advocate with thee; They whom the world caresses most Have no such privilege to boast. Poor though I am, despised, forgot, Yet God, my God, forgets me not: And he is safe, and must succeed, For whom the Lord vouchsafes to plead. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE GIFT TO SING by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON AUCTION: ANDERSON GALLERIES by LOUIS UNTERMEYER A DEPOSITION FROM LOVE by THOMAS CAREW OLNEY HYMNS: 1. WALKING WITH GOD by WILLIAM COWPER THE MOWER AGAINST GARDENS by ANDREW MARVELL THE LOVER AND THE BIRDS by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM THE OLD BRIDGE by AUGUSTE ANGELLIER TO JOANNA, ON SENDING ME THE LEAF OF A FLOWER ... WORDSWORTH'S GARDEN by BERNARD BARTON |