O GOD of goodness, Thou my hope and stay While yet I hung upon my mother's breast; Who watch'd the slumbers of mine infant rest, And with new strength endued me, day by day; In youth, in manhood, thro' my onward way In safety led, here in full measure blest, Of every joy this world can give possest, In mercy spar'd e'en when I went astray; No gift withheld that could affection win! What in return for such great love of thine, What have I done? my God, what have I been? I from my Father's house where all was mine, A prodigal, still adding sin to sin, Have wander'd far to feed on husks of swine. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AN ODE TO THE FRAMERS OF THE FRAME BILL by GEORGE GORDON BYRON VOLPONE: TO CELIA by GAIUS VALERIUS CATULLUS TO DIANEME (1) by ROBERT HERRICK THE DEATH OF HARRISON by NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS MONODY ON THE DEATH OF WENDELL PHILLIPS by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THE LOVE SONNETS OF PROTEUS: 103. WRITTEN AT FLORENCE: 1 by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT GHOSTS by MARION FRANCIS BROWN |