ONLY silently resigned To the counsels of Thy mind; Willing, yet rejoicing not, That Thy purpose shall be wrought -- Is this truly to submit? Folding placid hands, to sit, While innumerable feet Thy triumphant coming meet? Shall we say, "Thy will be done!" And on our own errands run? Vain and evil the design, We pursue, apart from Thine. Teach us how to live this prayer; Reverently Thy plans to share! More than echoes of Thy voice, Make us partners in Thy choice! Lift us up to catch from Thee World-encircling sympathy: Ardor, strength, and courage give; As Thou livest, let us live! Let our deeds be Syllables Of the prayer our spirit swells: In us Thy desire fulfill! By us work Thy gracious will! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A SEA SONG by ALLAN CUNNINGHAM FAREWELL TO ARRAS by ADAM DE LA HALLE ODES: BOOK 1: ODE 13. ON LYRIC POETRY by MARK AKENSIDE THIRTEEN AT TABLE by PIERRE JEAN DE BERANGER MY BATH by JOHN STUART BLACKIE O, GO NOT YET! by QUINTIN BONE IN AN AGE OF SCIENCE by THOMAS CURTIS CLARK FOUR METRICAL EXPERIMENTS: 2. TROCHAICS by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE |