BECAUSE I seek thee not, oh seek Thou me! Because my lips are dumb, oh hear the cry I do not utter as Thou passest by, And from my life-long bondage set me free! Because content I perish, far from Thee, Oh seize me, snatch me from my fate, and try My soul in Thy consuming fire! Draw nigh And let me, blinded, Thy salvation see. If I were pouring at Thy feet my tears, If I were clamoring to see Thy face, I should not need Thee, Lord, as now I need, Whose dumb, dead soul knows neither hopes nor fears, Nor dreads the outer darkness of this place -- Because I seek not, pray not, give Thou heed! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AN ODE TO THE FRAMERS OF THE FRAME BILL by GEORGE GORDON BYRON THE STALLION OF NIGHT by WILLIAM ROSE BENET THE MESSAGE by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN A WRECKED LOCOMOTIVE by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE RIDING HORSE TO CULTIVATE IN VERMONT by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY ESTREINES; TO CALISTA by CHARLES COTTON |