MY Love! hast Thou forgotten Thy rest Upon my breast? And wherefore hast Thou sold me To be enslaved for aye? Have I not followed Thee upon the way Of olden time within a land not sown? Lo! Seir and Mount Paran—nor these alone— Sinai and Sin—yea, these Be all my witnesses. For Thee my love was ever, And mine Thy grace divine; And how hast Thou apportioned My glory away from me? Thrust unto Seir, pursued, sent forth to flee Unto Kedar, nor suffered to abide; Within the Grecian fiery furnace tried; Afflicted, weighed with care, With Media's yoke to bear;— And is there any to redeem but Thee? Or other captive with such hope above? Thy strength, O Lord; grant of Thy strength to me! For I give Thee my love. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SUMMER. THE SECOND PASTORAL, OR ALEXIS by ALEXANDER POPE THERE WAS A GARDEN by MARIE BARTON THE DREAM GIRL by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE ABER STATIONS: STATIO SEXTA by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN A DIVINE PASTORAL by JOHN BYROM YOUNG CHARLOTTIE by WILLIAM LORENZO CARTER LIFE by ELIZABETH ROOSA CODDINGTON |