THE way is long and dreary, The path is bleak and bare; Our feet are worn and weary, But we will not despair: More heavy was Thy burden, More desolate Thy way; -- O Lamb of God who takest The sin of the world away, @3Have mercy on us.@1 The snows lie thick around us In the dark and gloomy night; And the tempest wails above us, And the stars have hid their light; But blacker was the darkness Round Calvary's Cross that day; -- O Lamb of God who takest The sin of the world away, @3Have mercy on us.@1 Our hearts are faint with sorrow, Heavy and hard to bear; For we dread the bitter morrow, But we will not despair: Thou knowest all our anguish, And Thou wilt bid it cease, -- O Lamb of God who takest The sin of the world away, @3Give us Thy Peace!@1 | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BLACK RIDERS: 22 by STEPHEN CRANE ELEGIAC STANZAS SUGGESTED BY A PICTURE OF PEELE CASTLE, IN A STORM by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH LOVE'S SECRET NAME by JOHN ARTHUR BLAIKIE MY WINDOW by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |