Judges vi. 24. JESUS! whose blood so freely streamed To satisfy the law's demand; By thee from guilt and wrath redeemed, Before the Father's face I stand. To reconcile offending man, Make Justice drop her angry rod; What creature could have formed the plan, Or who fulfil it but a God? No drop remains of all the curse, For wretches who deserved the whole; No arrows dipt in wrath to pierce The guilty, but returning soul. Peace by such means so dearly bought, What rebel could have hoped to see? Peace, by his injured Sovereign wrought, His Sovereign fastened to a tree. Now, Lord, thy feeble worm prepare! For strife with earth and hell begins; Confirm and gird me for the war; They hate the soul that hates his sins. Let them in horrid league agree! They may assault, they may distress; But cannot quench thy love to me, Nor rob me of the Lord my peace. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE FOREFATHER by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON SONNET TO THE RIVER OTTER by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE ANTONY AND [OR, TO] CLEOPATRA by WILLIAM HAINES LYTLE AFFINITIES by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE RETREATS by CARRIE ADAMS BERRY PSALM 89 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE TO L.E.L. ON THE DEATH OF FELICIA HEMANS by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING THE RING AND THE BOOK: BOOK 9. JURIS DOCTOR ... BOTTINIUS by ROBERT BROWNING |