I will accept thy will to do and be, Thy hatred and intolerance of sin, Thy will at least to love, that burns within And thirsteth after Me: So will I render fruitful, blessing still, The germs and small beginnings in thy heart, Because thy will cleaves to the better part.''" Alas, I cannot will. Dost not thou will, poor soul? Yet I receive The inner unseen longings of the soul, I guide them turning towards Me; I control And charm hearts till they grieve: If thou desire, it yet shall come to pass, Though thou but wish indeed to choose My love; For I have power in earth and heaven above.''" I cannot wish, alas! What, neither choose nor wish to choose? and yet I still must strive to win thee and constrain: For thee I hung upon the cross in pain, How then can I forget? If thou as yet dost neither love, nor hate, Nor choose, nor wish,''" resign thyself, be still Till I infuse love, hatred, longing, will.''" I do not deprecate. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BIRTHNIGHT: TO F by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE LEONARDO'S 'MONNA LISA' by EDWARD DOWDEN TO THE VIRGINIAN VOYAGE [1611] by MICHAEL DRAYTON TO THE BOY by ELIZABETH CLEMENTINE DODGE KINNEY ALCAICS: TO H. F. BROWN by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON ANACTORIA by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE |