Live Christ! -- and though thy way may be In this world's sight adversity, He who doth heed thy every need Shall give thy soul prosperity. Live Christ! -- and though thy path may be The narrow street of poverty, He had not where to lay His Head Yet lived in largest liberty. Live Christ! -- and though thy road may be The strait way of humility, He who first trod that way of God Will clothe thee with His dignity. Live Christ! -- and though thy life may be In much a valedictory, The heavy cross brings seeming loss But wins the crown of victory. Live Christ! -- and all thy life shall be A High Way of Delivery, -- A Royal Road of goodly deeds, Gold-paved with sweetest charity. Live Christ! -- and all thy life shall be A sweet uplifting ministry, A sowing of the fair white seeds That fruit through all eternity. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ODE ON A GRECIAN URN by JOHN KEATS PROMETHEUS UNBOUND; A LYRICAL DRAMA IN FOUR ACTS by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY LINES WRITTEN IN SWITZERLAND by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES PSALM 113 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE LOVE'S WORD by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE THE BLUNDER by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE TAKE YOUR CHOICE: AND PERHAPS GELETT BURGESS by BERTON BRALEY |