THOU art but One! O God to Whom we bow In adoration; E'en as in Egypt, Thou wilt hear us now— Thy Chosen Nation. Much have we sinned; far from Thy face have fled, By passion driven. Deep our repentance; Thou myself hast said We are forgiven. Empires of old upon us heaped their chains, Burthens and lashes; Thy thunders rolled—and of their might remains Stubble and ashes! Still those we taught to hold Thy Name in awe Smite and berate us; We are the leash that binds them to Thy Law— Wherefore they hate us! Vengeance is Thine! yet Thine is mercy, too. "Shield us, but grieve them Not!" be our prayer: "They know not what they do. Father! forgive them!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SNOW-FLAKES by MARY ELIZABETH MAPES DODGE SONNET ON SITTING DOWN TO READ KING LEAR ONCE AGAIN by JOHN KEATS A SONG OF FREEDOM by ALICE MILLIGAN LAUS VENERIS (A PICTURE BY BURNE-JONES) by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON THE GALLOWS by PHILIP EDWARD THOMAS ON A TOBACCO JAR by BERNARD BARKER |