FROM life's enchantments, Desire of place, From lust of getting Turn thou away and set thy face Toward the wilderness. The tents of Jacob As valleys spread, As goodly cedars Or fair lign aloes, white and red, Shall share thy wilderness. With awful judgments, The law, the rod, With soft allurements And comfortable words, will God Pass o'er the wilderness. The bitter waters Are healed and sweet; The ample heavens Pour angel's bread about thy feet Throughout the wilderness. And Carmel's glory Thou thoughtest gone, And Sharon's roses, The excellency of Lebanon Delight thy wilderness. Who passeth Jordan Perfumed with myrrh, With myrrh and incense? Lo! on His arm Love leadeth her Who trod the wilderness. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO AN UNBORN PAUPER CHILD by THOMAS HARDY SAILING BEYOND SEAS (OLD STYLE) by JEAN INGELOW COMPARISON OF LOVE TO A STREAM FALLING FROM THE ALPS by THOMAS WYATT ON THE ART OF WRITING by PHILIP AYRES CLIO, NINE ECLOGUES IN HONOUR OF NINE VIRTUES: DEDICATION TO R. WENMAN by WILLIAM BASSE |